Don’t Back Down on Russian Sanctions, editorial, New York Times “… But in recent years, Mr. Putin has become increasingly at odds with the United States. Meanwhile, United Launch Alliance, […]
Lockheed Martin
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Lockheed Martin Claims To Be in the Fusion Business Now
Lockheed Martin Pursuing Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Concept (with video) Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details, Aviation Week “I studied this in graduate school where, under a NASA study, […]
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SpaceX Gets Injunction Against Russian Rocket Engines
Preliminary Injunction Issued Prohibits Further Purchases From NPO Energomash, SpaceRef Business “A preliminary injunction was issued late yesterday in the matter of SpaceX vs The United States with one respect […]
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DOD Opens Up Launches To Orbital and SpaceX
Lockheed-Boeing Launch Monopoly to Be Ended by Pentagon, Business Week “The U.S. Defense Department plans to open more than a dozen rocket launches to competition, moving to end a monopoly […]
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ATK Pitches Liberty Launch Vehicle with New Details
ATK Liberty Launch Vehicle Targets First Crewed Flight in 2015, Commercial Space Watch (With video) “It was 15 months that ATK announced with Astrium (an EADS Company) announced that they […]
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Tracking Space Junk
Lockheed Martin Space Fence Radar Prototype Tracking Orbiting Objects “A prototype of a new radar system developed by a Lockheed Martin-led team is now tracking orbiting space objects, bringing the […]
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Human Rating the Atlas V
United Launch Alliance Completes Critical Milestones Toward Certifying Atlas V for Human Spaceflight “United Launch Alliance (ULA) today announced the completion of two key milestones leading toward the certification of […]
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First Orion Flight in 2014?
NASA Proposes Orion Spacecraft Test Flight In 2014 “This Exploration Flight Test, or EFT-1, will fly two orbits to a high-apogee, with a high-energy re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere. Orion will […]
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OldSpace's Attack Dog Is Back (Update: SpaceX Responds- Again)
The Case Against SpaceX, Part II, Loren Thompson, Forbes “My main concern in raising these issues was that NASA not become overly dependent on an unproven launch provider — one […]
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MPCV Is The New Way To Say Orion
NASA Announces Key Decision For Next Deep Space Transportation System, NASA “NASA has reached an important milestone for the next U.S. transportation system that will carry humans into deep space. […]