Lockheed Martin Corporation today reported first quarter 2010 net sales of $10.6 billion, a 3% increase over the $10.4 billion in 2009. Net earnings for the first quarter of 2010 were $547 million, or $1.45 per diluted share, compared to $666 million, or $1.68 per diluted share, in 2009. Read More…
Obama believes it’s possible for astronauts to orbit Mars by the mid-2030s. Is his vision on the right course? Read More…
Space shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station Saturday, wrapping up a 10-day stay to deliver supplies and spare parts before NASA retires its shuttle fleet later this year. International Space Station – NASA – Space Shuttle – Space Shuttle Discovery – Space Read More…
Space shuttle Discovery left the International Space Station on Saturday, wrapping up a 10-day stay to deliver supplies and spare parts before NASA retires its shuttle fleet later this year. Read More…
Negative reaction to the president’s initial plan for NASA has forced him to backpedal a bit and offer a schedule for human spaceflights to Mars and an asteroid. He now needs to work more closely with Congress to set long-term, deep-space missions. Read More…
Obama’s changes in the mission of NASA could mean a windfall for the commercial space travel industry. And that’s where the West could win in the long run if the “new” NASA is funded adequately. Read More…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday outlined his administration’s new space exploration plan, vowing to increase NASA’s budget by six billion dollars over the next five years. Read More…
The new version of the Orion spacecraft would be launched unmanned to the International Space Station to serve as an escape ship for American astronauts, giving NASA more flexibility from its reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, White House officials said. The president was making a trip to the heart of the U.S. space industry, seeking [...]
President Obama’s proposal supports NASA’s development of a deep-space rocket and designates the Orion crew capsule, part of the Constellation program that had been canceled, as a sort of emergency lifeboat for the space station. Read More…
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Call it NASA: The Next Generation. The president is pointing America toward a new direction in space, and some heroes from NASA’s long-ago glory days don’t like it.New rockets to the moon have been canceled. And the space shut … Read More…