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Space Shuttle Discovery executed a triumphal return to Earth today, capping a letter-perfect mission that began with thunderstorm delays and safety concerns, but ultimately showed what NASA at its best...

Congress should place ballistic missile defense (BMD) on a fiscal fast track, Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), said, vowing to seek more funding...

The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) approved an amendment adding $1 billion to the NASA appropriations bill for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007. That extra funding passed over opposition...

Even as the United States implores China to use its leverage to restrain North Korean ambitions to develop nuclear-tipped long-range missiles, China has no intention whatever of wielding its influence...

The Laser Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tested successfully against a moving target, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. During the test at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., an Air Force...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has 10 launches on its manifest, according to the company. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for...

Loral Space and Communications [LORL] will supply satellite communications for Chile. A unit of the company, Loral Skynet do Brasil, won a contract from the Chilean Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones...

The Army and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] selected General Dynamics Corp. [GD] to provide the unitary warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The warhead is in system...

XM Satellite Radio named Steve Cook executive vice president of automotive, a position created as part of a restructuring the company’s marketing operations, XM announced July 13. Cook will focus...