August 2015 Space News |
- Top NASA Official: Paying Russia To Ferry Astronauts Is Unwise RFE/RL 29 Aug 2015 -- NASA’s top official is pleading with Congress for more money, saying paying Russia to shuttle U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station is a misguided investment.
- Foreign Partners May Be Involved in Sea Launch Project Sputnik 29 Aug 2015 -- The RSC Energia director said that he admitted the possibility for foreign partners to take part in the Sea Launch project.
- New Russian Spaceship to Be Ready Ahead of Schedule Sputnik 29 Aug 2015 -- Russian space manufacturer RSC Energia said that the first prototype of a new Russian manned spacecraft for launch to the International Space Station and the Moon may be created ahead of schedule.
- Life on Mars: NASA Kicks Off Long-Term Red Planet Mock-Up Experiment Sputnik 29 Aug 2015 -- NASA has started a major experiment in Hawaii to simulate life in a tiny Martian colony.
- Counting Down: Navy's Latest Communication Satellite Ready for Launch NNS 28 Aug 2015 -- The Navy's fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite is awaiting countdown - and the whims of Tropical Storm Erika - for launch Aug. 31. The launch window is between 6:07 and 6:51 a.m. ET.
- Russia Launches First Proton Rocket Since May Accident RFE/RL 28 Aug 2015 -- Russia has successfully launched a rocket carrier with a British satellite in the first such launch since an engine failure in May resulted in a commercial satellite being destroyed.
- Iran Mulls Russian Military Aircraft Purchase, Joint Space Projects Sputnik 28 Aug 2015 -- Iran is holding active talks with Russia on the purchase of military aircraft.
- NASA Chief: 'Still Time' to Heed Ominous Sea Level Rise Data VOA 28 Aug 2015 -- The administrator of NASA says attention must be paid to new data forecasting an approximately one meter rise in sea levels by the turn of the century.
- ESA Chief Warns Not to Politicize Partnership With Russian Space Program Sputnik 27 Aug 2015 -- The ongoing crisis in ties between Russia and the West should not tarnish their cooperation when it comes to space exploration.
- Iranian company to develop satellite observation system Press TV 26 Aug 2015 -- Russia says an Iranian company plans to build a satellite observation system with the help of two Russian corporations.
- India to Set Up Space Research and Satellite Monitoring Station in Fiji Sputnik 20 Aug 2015 -- The Indian Space Research Organization has announced plans to open a new space research and satellite monitoring station on the Fiji Islands.
- Japan Launches Kounotori-5 on Mission to ISS Sputnik 19 Aug 2015 -- The launch was originally scheduled for Sunday, August 16, but bad weather conditions at the launch site postponed the mission.
- Lockheed Developing a Missile That Can Hit Multiple Warheads Sputnik 17 Aug 2015 -- American defense firm Lockheed Martin will design a missile defense component that can take out multiple warheads under a $10 million contract with the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency.
- Russia Dismisses Iran General Visit as 'Rumor' VOA 17 Aug 2015 -- Russia is dismissing as "rumors" reports it hosted an Iranian general, despite a United Nations travel ban on such a visit.
- Air Defense Brigade tests 'support and report' of simulated missile fight Army News 16 Aug 2015 -- Soldiers of 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade conducted their second world-wide defense simulation exercise utilizing netted remote terminal battle labs August 9-14.
- Space Power: Russian Anti-Missile Warning System Protects on Multiple Tiers Sputnik 16 Aug 2015 -- The Russian anti-missile warning system has the primary task to detect a missile attack and pass on the data to the anti-missile defense system.
- Israel Asks US to Expand Joint Air Defense Drills Sputnik 15 Aug 2015 -- An Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) air force commander insists that the military is in fact looking to expand bilateral drills with the United States, rather than nix them.
- US Company Developing Space-Based Plane Tracking VOA 13 Aug 2015 -- One of the reasons Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 hasn't been found is because the plane couldn't be tracked continuously over the ocean.
- Partnerships key in homeland defense says NORTHCOM commander Army News 12 Aug 2015 -- One of the nation's top military leaders spoke on the importance of U.S. missile defense capabilities during the 18th annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium at the Von Braun Center here, Aug. 11.
- NORAD Commander: Our Missile Defense Strategy Won’t Work Sputnik 12 Aug 2015 -- Despite spending billions on a state-of-the-art missile defense system, North American Aerospace Defense commanders have admitted that it would be largely ineffective in preventing an incoming attack.
- Russia May Introduce Glonass-Based Navigation System for Light Aircraft Sputnik 11 Aug 2015 -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin claims that Russia may introduce a system of automatic dependent surveillance for light aircraft on the basis of Russia's Glonass satellite navigation network.
- Russian Cosmonauts Finish Nearly Six-Hour Spacewalk RFE/RL 11 Aug 2015 -- Two Russian cosmonauts added new equipment outside the International Space Station, cleaned windows, and took pictures to study its exterior.
- Comet and Hitchhiking Robot Lab Near Sun VOA 10 Aug 2015 -- Space scientists are holding their breath as a robot lab rides a comet toward the sun.
- Russia's New Spy Ship Can Track Sea-Based Elements of US Missile Defense Sputnik 06 Aug 2015 -- Russia's state-of-the-art reconnaissance ship, dubbed Admiral Yury Ivanov, is capable of tracking and locating gaps in the US missile defense, in particular its Aegis sea-based system, Bild reported.
- Russia Delivers First Two RD-181 Rocket Engines Under $1Bln Contract to US Sputnik 04 Aug 2015 -- Russia has shipped two RD-181 rocket engines to the US under a $1 billion contract with US Orbital Sciences Corporation for the delivery of 60 engines for its Antares launcher.
- Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Successful Series of Intercept Flight Test Events MDA 03 Aug 2015 -- The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a series of four flight test events exercising the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) element of the nation's Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).
- US Successfully Tests Anti-Ballistic Missile System in Pacific Sputnik 03 Aug 2015 -- The flight test of US guided missile destroyer deployed with the Aegis system successfully was successful, according to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
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