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An intense and long-running summertime dust storm has imperiled the Mars Rover Opportunity and, to a lesser degree, its sister rover Spirit, NASA reported. The craft already have lasted more […]

The House approved a $30 million increase in funding for the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) to $117 million in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, the Aerospace Industries Association […]

Congressional Democrats, as they criticize and cut budget funds for the U.S. ground-based midcourse missile defense (GMD) system planned for Europe, are playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir […]

A group of former Northrop Corp. engineers who worked on the Apollo moon landing program said exhaustive testing of failure causes, multiple redundancies in systems, and a driven desire to […]

North Korea may become a permanent nuclear-power state by the time a newly elected U.S. president takes the oath of office in January 2009, some 18 months hence, according to […]

NASA carefully studied the potential risks that might be created today when International Space Station (ISS) Astronaut Clay Anderson lobs hugely heavy, unneeded components into the void of space, deciding […]

Presidential candidates and officeholders of both parties roundly condemned as a serious threat moves by Iran to deploy advanced missiles and to produce nuclear materials, in statements from the solons […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Moves Toward 7:02 p.m. ET Aug. 7 Launch Space Shuttle Endeavour rolled to launch pad 39A, where it now is poised for a 7:02 p.m. ET Aug. […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] dedicated a new milsatcom center in Rockville, Md. The nearly $3 million, 20,000 square foot facility, houses a secure software development environment. That software development, integration […]

The iGPS system has shown it is resistant to jamming by intentional enemy actions or by accidental interference, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. iGPS combines the Global Positioning System (GPS) […]

Scott J. “Doc” Horowitz, associate administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate, will leave NASA in October, he announced. A retired U.S. Air Force colonel who served as commander or […]

NASA Associate Administrator Rex Geveden will leave NASA for a job in industry, and he will be replaced by Christopher Scolese, now the NASA chief engineer, the agency stated. Geveden, […]

The United States government must face up to burgeoning 21st century threats, meaning that Washington must support missile defense programs, thus countering missile and nuclear programs of North Korea, China […]

North Korea announced it has begun to close down its nuclear facility at Yongbyong, as agreed in a February concordat. However, the announcement states only that a shutdown has begun, […]

The United States must erect — quickly — an anti-missile shield against enemy cruise missiles as a complementary accompaniment to the much larger emergent ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield. So […]

Commercial satellite photos show Iran is building new dirt roads and digging what seems to be a tunnel near the nuclear materials production site at NATANZ, raising fears in Western […]

The Airborne Laser ballistic missile defense (BMD) system development program showed further progress, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. ABL successfully accomplished basic steps required to complete a fire control […]

The Senate, on an overwhelming 90-5 vote, backed language stating that U.S. policy favors developing and deploying a ballistic missile defense system against the threat of an Iranian attack against […]

Russia Saturday suspended its participation in a conventional arms treaty, according to Itar-Tass, the official Russian news agency. Some Western observers see this as a move by Moscow to lash […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking information for agile kill vehicle technology, according to a request issued last week. Responses are sought by Sept. 28, the request for information […]

A group of lawmakers has formed the Missile Defense Caucus to step up pressure for adequate funding of programs in the emergent U.S. shield against enemy missiles. The group was […]

Lawmakers won’t back any move to levy a tax dedicated to supporting defense and space programs, because that would commit the legislators to use the money for defense and space […]

Raytheon Gains $145.4 Million Rolling Airframe Missile Contract The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $145.4 million contract for producing and improving its Rolling Airframe Missile program. Nearly $105.5 million […]

Atlantis Piggybacks Atop Boeing 747 Transport; Endeavour Moves To VAB Space Shuttle Atlantis, forced to land on the West Coast by foul weather at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), headed back […]

The Space Radar completed an integrated baseline review with the Air Force, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That review of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance asset was completed on schedule, […]

The U.S. laboratory being added to the International Space Station (ISS) is to become a national laboratory, and a portion of it is to be opened to other agencies and […]

Math and science teachers, and college students studying to become teachers, who live near certain locations can apply to fly on zero-gravity aircraft flights, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. There […]

NASA is taking a risk that it may send one of its Mars rover vehicles to its death, but the high-stakes potential scientific payoff makes the gamble more than worthwhile. […]