NASA must do better at focusing on the health risks astronauts will face if they are to live, work and explore beyond low Earth orbit for extended periods, an assessment says.
RAYTHEON has $302.4m U.S. Navy contract for 618 Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) air-to-ground missiles (AGM-154 Block III C), containers, component parts/support equipment (spares) and engineering technical assistance for the government of Saudi Arabia.
If sales of Russian equipment flagged during 2016, the country is working hard to reverse the trend, trying to heavily market its S-400 air-defense system.
The private investor behind the Sea Launch project plans to support the development of future space transportation technologies with the purchase of at least 50 next-generation Soyuz launch vehicles.
A Google neural network has discovered an eighth planet circling the Sun-like star Kepler-90, located in the Draco constellation some 2,500 light years from Earth.
President Trump has signed the fiscal 2018 NDAA, which approved a U.S. cruise missile to countervail a cruise missile that Russia has trained on NATO forces.
Blue Origin engineers, logistics and administrative services employees began moving into a new rocket factory at Kennedy Space Center’s industrial park this week.
The operator of a drone that collided with a Black Hawk failed to see and avoid the helo because he was flying the drone out of visual range, the NTSB says.
Australia will begin handing over 18 surplus Boeing F/A-18A/B Hornets to Canada in 2019, the government in Canberra says, confirming that a sale is planned.
BAE Systems and the University of Manchester have test flown a UAV demo that uses wing circulation control and fluidic thrust vectoring for flight control.
Three U.S., European and Russian astronauts and cosmonauts returned safely to Earth Dec. 14 to conclude a 139-day tour on the International Space Station.
Honeywell has received a supplemental type certification (STC) from the FAA to offer synthetic vision in the Primus Elite Advanced Features software upgrade on Bombardier Global Express business jets.
A USAF pilot-physician recently flew several F/A-18 sorties to help a NASA team better understand why U.S. Navy pilots are experiencing “physiological episodes.”
Orbital ATK is preparing to select a rocket motor for the cryogenic upper stage of its Next Generation Launcher, with a decision expected in the coming months.
The Dec. 12 launch of four Galileo satellites on an Ariane 5 puts Europe one step away from completing its own positioning, navigation and timing constellation.
