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Space

Space Shuttle Endeavour Moved To Launch Pad 39A Yesterday; One-Day Delay Puts Pressure On June 13 Launch Plans; Wiring Needs To Be Checked After Glitch On Atlantis Raised Questions

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Monday, June 1st, 2009

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Crew Rehearsal For Flight Delayed Two Days; Weather Might Mandate One-Month Delay In Endeavour Launch From Kennedy Space Shuttle Endeavour yesterday rolled from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39A, where it is to lift off for a grueling, marathon 16-day STS-127 Mission carrying a Japanese component to be attached to the International Space Station. That Endeavour rollover yesterday was a day later than planned, thanks to the sort of fickle Florida weather which earlier had…

Congress

Key Defense Committee Members Face Tight Midterm Races, Including HASC GOP’ers In Virginia

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‘Theoretical Potential’ to Achieve 1,509 Combat-Coded Fighters by 2035, USAF Says

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]