National Security
- Poland & U.S. missile shield talks RIA Novosti 07 May 2008
- Poland to continue missile shield talks with US RIA Novosti 06 May 2008
- US & Polish forces offer over missile shield RIA Novosti 05 May 2008 -- The U.S. is to make an official proposal to modernize the Polish armed forces in exchange for the deployment of a missile-defense system
- Air Force receives last GPS IIR satellite AFPN 28 Apr 2008 -- The Air Force received the last in a series of GPS IIR(M) satellites from Lockheed Martin
- Signing of Czech-U.S. radar deal delayed RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2008
- New satellite & power, better warfighter support AFPN 17 Apr 2008 -- The most powerful DoD communications satellite went operational April 15.
- US senator & space-based interceptor missiles RIA Novosti 09 Apr 2008 -- US Senator Wayne Allard called for interceptor missiles to be deployed on satellites in permanent orbit, so that the U.S. can rapidly respond to threats
- Reserve officials activate space wing AFPN 07 Apr 2008 -- AFRC officials stood up its first space wing, the 310th Space Wing, April 4 at Peterson AFB
- US-Czech missile defense deal to be signed in May RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2008 -- Washington and Prague will sign a bilateral treaty on the stationing of a U.S. radar base on Czech soil in early May, a Czech news agency reported
- Russia, Poland to hold US missile shield talks RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2008
- Poland & missile shield talks with Russia, US RIA Novosti 07 Apr 2008
- Bush, Putin Remain Divided on Missile Defense System VOA 06 Apr 2008
- White House & Missile Defense Deal VOA 05 Apr 2008 -- White House officials say they do not expect Pres. Bush & Pres. Putin to reach an agreement this weekend on a missile defense system
- Vandenberg Airmen launch missile successfully AFPN 04 Apr 2008
- NATO Invites New Members, Backs Bush On Missile Defense VOA 03 Apr 2008
Industry
- Astrium switches on the first Galileo* signals EADS 07 May 2008
- SBIRS GEO-1 Milestone Lockheed Martin 30 Apr 2008
- Space Shuttle RSRM Test Firing ATK 01 May 2008
- NASA Polar Satellite Ends Service Lockheed Martin 30 Apr 2008
- GPS OCX Phase B Contract Competition Northrop Grumman 28 Apr 2008
- SMART-T Upgrade Contract Raytheon 28 Apr 2008 -- Raytheon won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install upgrade kits for the Army's Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal, or SMART-T.
- ATV re-boosts ISS to a higher orbit EADS 25 Apr 2008
- Boeing & SBSS Satellite Operations Center Boeing 24 Apr 2008
- Green light from Baikonur: Giove-B ready for launch EADS 24 Apr 2008
- Lockheed Martin & DoD's Operationally Responsive Space Efforts Lockheed Martin 23 Apr 2008 -- Lockheed Martin submitted a series of innovative proposals to DoD designed to advance state-of-the-art technologies in support of fielding rapid and responsive space systems
- Taiwan's Patriot Air & Missile Defense Capabilities Raytheon 23 Apr 2008
- Boeing-HAVELSAN Missile Defense Partnership Boeing 22 Apr 2008
- General Dynamics Selected By NASA to Build the Spacecraft for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission General Dynamics 22 Apr 2008
- European Mid-course Radar Program Planning Contract Raytheon 22 Apr 2008 -- Raytheon was awarded an MDA contract to begin initial planning and requirements definition for the European Mid-course Radar program
- Boeing, Ball Aerospace & SBSS Program Milestone Boeing 21 Apr 2008
- S Korea Patriot Air & Missile Defense Capabilities Raytheon 21 Apr 2008
Science
- Russia & Mars-500 flight simulation experiments RIA Novosti 15 Apr 2008 -- Four volunteers will spend ten days in a compression chamber with a reduced oxygen level as preparation for Mars-500
- Plants as Important in Space as on Earth VOA 08 Apr 2008
- Star's Dust Shows Signs of Possible Planet Formation VOA 27 Mar 2008
In the News
Space Station / Shuttle
- Discovery scheduled for May 31 launch RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2008
- Soyuz Fails Again in an Exceptionally Dangerous Re-entry by Charles P. Vick, 22 Apr 2008 -- The April 19, 2008 re-entry of the ISS, Soyuz TMA-11, “Expedition-16” crew Yi was subjected to an unexpectedly steep re-entry
- Russian space capsule lands RIA Novosti 19 Apr 2008 -- Russia's space capsule carrying ISS crew landed 420 km away from the target site
- Russia could stop tourist flights to ISS in 2010 RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2008
- Russia needs $5 bln to complete ISS segment RIA Novosti 11 Apr 2008 -- Russia will need an additional $5 billion to finish the construction of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) by 2015
- Spacecraft With First ROK Astronaut Docks at ISS VOA 10 Apr 2008
International
- Energomash & rocket engines production RIA Novosti 06 May 2008
- Russia & US missile plans for Europe RIA Novosti 02 May 2008 -- Russia remains concerned by U.S. missile plans for Europe
- Turkey, Russian S-300s & missile shield RIA Novosti 30 Apr 2008 -- Turkey is planning to build its own long-range missile defense network by 2010 and may choose Russian-made S-300 air defense systems
- India Launches Multiple Satellites Into Space VOA 28 Apr 2008 -- India has launched a record number of satellites into space in a single mission
- India orbits 10 satellites in single launch RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2008
- India successfully launches PSLV-C9 IRNA 28 Apr 2008 -- India's PSLV-C9, blasted off successfully from the Satish Dhawan Space Center
- Zenit rocket puts Israeli satellite into orbit RIA Novosti 28 Apr 2008 -
- Russia launches 2nd Galileo satellite RIA Novosti 27 Apr 2008
- ATV re-boosts ISS to a higher orbit EADS 25 Apr 2008
- Zenit carrier rocket launch postponed RIA Novosti 25 Apr 2008
- Zenit carrier rocket launch postponed RIA Novosti 24 Apr 2008
- Japan, Russia & missile cooperation with U.S. RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2008 -- Japan's FM reassured his Russian counterpart that Tokyo's missile defense cooperation with the US is not targeted against Russia.
- Russia to test flight new space rocket in 2010 RIA Novosti 14 Apr 2008
- Russia to use Baikonur center until 2050 RIA Novosti 12 Apr 2008 -- Russia will use the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan until 2050
