Government/Military

While Democrats may be tempted to cut defense spending and redirect funds to programs propping up a weakened economy, it would be a disastrous mistake to slash funding for ballistic...

The International Space Station, an amazing sky laboratory, will celebrate its 10th anniversary Nov. 20. Built 210 miles above the ground while traveling at 17,500 miles an hour, the space...

Space Shuttle Endeavour was carried from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for a nighttime launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Nov. 14 on...

The AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) program completed a Milestone C review and received approval for entry into Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] announced. Sean...

Computer models show the Ares I rocket — being developed to launch the next-generation Orion U.S. spaceship — could come to grief at liftoff, an Orlando Sentinel report said. Models...

A U.S. spaceship early this month raced just 125 miles above the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, and came away with a treasure trove of 1,200 pictures. The fleet-footed...

But Company Making Soyuz Vehicles Faces Financial Peril, Needs Cash Soon Two Second-Generation Space Travelers Make Return Trip On Earth-Bound Soyuz A Russian Soyuz spacecraft returned International Space Station crew...

A satellite that India launched carries systems to seek ice in polar regions of the moon that are aided by new technologies, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The Forerunner miniaturized-radio frequency...

The Boeing Co. [BA] launched the third of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO), or SkyMed, spacecraft. A Delta II rocket procured from United Launch...

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program. Lockheed also completed acoustic...