A Republican Florida congressman lost his bid to eliminate a proposed $500 million cut in NASA funding in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, compared to the current fiscal...
A mushrooming, proliferating and increasing longer-range missile threat in the Middle East shows the rising danger facing the United States and the rest of the world as terrorists and rogue...
The Air Force completed the system design review (SDR) of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). That paves the way for selection of the TSAT space-segment contractor before the end...
Walter “Wally” Schirra, an adventurous astronaut on pioneering 1960s space missions and a veteran CBS News space commentator in the days of anchorman Walter Cronkite, died of natural causes last...
After Delay, Two Satellites Are Launched On Heavy-Lift Ariane 5-ECA An Ariane 5 rocket lofted two satellites into orbit in a weekend launch that initially was delayed by high-altitude winds,...
NASA chose The Boeing Co. [BA] and Textron [TXT] to develop alternate heat shield materials for the Orion crew exploration spacecraft, the space agency announced. Boeing received a $10 million...
Raytheon Co. [RTN] gained a new high of $100 million in sales for Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-T (GEM-T) upgrades. Included here are orders for the U.S. Army and a Foreign...
GeoEye received almost $24 million in new government contracts, the space photography company announced. The space imagery would go to agencies such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and...
The Navy gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $7.1 million contract to provide a ship-wide communications network for three new guided missile destroyers (DDG). Under the agreement, Boeing will support...
A hearing by two House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) subcommittees provided a capsule condensation of the long-running debate over U.S. plans to install a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in...