NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers discovered a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five percent of its present age. The event, dubbed GRB 090423, is the most distant cosmic explosion ever seen. " ...
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By Ann Roosevelt A single training capability that can be distributed from shooters to the president is the goal of the "All things Missile" initiative from U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) in support of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) and in partnership with all Combatant Commands ...
NASA Constellation Program Budget May Be Hit With $3.5 Billion Cut, Slamming 2020 Lunar Mission Goal
Griffin Concerned Future Is Bleak The Obama White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a $3.5 billion NASA budget cut that would hurt the Constellation Program developing the next generation U.S. spacecraft, killing chances that the United States could return to the moon by 2020. ...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has proposed a budget plan that will leave the U.S. military weaker, precisely as the Chinese military is growing stronger. And the Sino military already is a force to be reckoned with, even for the greatest power on Earth, the United States. The day when the ...
Updated -- April 24, 2009 - 3:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR - Missile Defense Agency Launch Vehicle: United Launch Alliance Delta II Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base - Launch Pad SLC-2 Launch ...
By Emelie Rutherford The missile-defense debate is heating up in Congress, with Republicans preparing to battle proposed Missile Defense Agency (MDA) cuts and a committee chairman advancing plans to collaborate with Russia on a European missile shield. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), the No. 2 Republican ...
After U.S., Japanese Forces Refrain From Downing North Korean Missile As Pyongyang Ordered, It Erupts Anyway North Lashes Out At U.N. Statement, Walks Out On Six-Party Talks; Complaints Of 'Sovereignty' Issue After U.S. and Japanese forces refrained from using missile defense systems to annihilate ...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates refused a request from the U.S. Northern Command to use the high-powered SBX radar to track the illicit launch and flight of the North Korean long-range missile that arced over Japan April 5, The Washington Times reported. That launch and ballistic flight occurred ...
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates denied he killed the Airborne Laser (ABL) and Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) interceptor rocket programs, when he unveiled his budget proposal for President Obama to review and consider. The Gates proposal drew dismay from some lawmakers and others who favor ...
A pro-missile-defense group has swung into action to defend imperiled missile defense programs. The Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) reacted to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates proposing to cut, freeze or effectively kill various defense programs, including some major missile defense ...