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Space Shuttle Endeavour To Launch At 2:28 A.M. Tomorrow Morning Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 2:28 a.m. tomorrow...
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Griffin Sees Shortage Of Plutonium For Spacecraft
NASA is running out of plutonium to use for powering spacecraft on deep space missions, far from the rays of the sun, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. Very little of...
Astronaut Sees Shuttle As Safer With Fixes, But Says Orion-Ares To Be Safer Yet
Establishing Camp On Moon Wise Before Moving On To Mars, Foreman Says Space shuttles have become far safer with engineering changes made in response to the tragic loss of Space...
Yet Another Report Verifies Gigantic Chinese Military Buildup, Threat
Another new report has confirmed the gigantic military buildup in China and the threat that it poses, drawing concern from members of Congress. Following reports from the Defense Intelligence Agency...
Rising Threats To Military, Civilian Satellites Prompt Soaring Need For Space Situational Awareness
Space Acquisition Programs At Risk For Cost Increases, Schedule Delays: GAO Space is becoming a steadily more dangerous place for satellites and spacecraft, not only because of the threat of...
TSAT May Not Launch Until After 2018, Senate Panel Hears
House Panel: Concern That Budget Plans May Short TSAT By $4 Billion, Delaying It By At Least Two Years The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) communications program is slipping into the future,...
House Panel Begins Mulling Whether Missile Defense Is Worthwhile
Witnesses Agree Rogue Nations Gain Nuclear/Missile Capabilities, But Differ On Whether Threat Of Strike On U.S. Justifies BMD Program While U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs have scored multiple successes...
Key Lawmaker: NASA Budget Too Low, Major Increases May Have To Wait
Bipartisan Support In Congress For Bigger NASA Budget, But Bush May Again Thwart That Move This Year So A Possibility Is Using Continuing Budget Resolution Through Next January, Then Sending...
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ILS AMC-14 Launch On Schedule
[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its second mission this year, carrying SES Americom’s AMC-14 satellite, on March 15, ILS announced March 7. The satellite,...
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DataPath Expands Focus To Commercial Markets
[Satellite News – 3-10-08] Network solutions company DataPath Inc. named industry veteran Dave Helfgott CEO in February. The company has moved from mainly selling systems to the U.S. Department...