Spacewalking U. S. astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren conducted a major plumbing task outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 6 in a bid to stem an elusive leak of toxic ammonia coolant.
The fourth and final trajectory-correction maneuver comes as scientists begin making discoveries in the spectroscopic data from the July 14 encounter with Pluto and its moons.
How the U.S. funds its next ballistic missile submarine fleet will set the tone for all other shipbuilding programs in coming years, says Michael Petters, CEO for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), the U.S. Navy’s stop shipbuilder.
Increment 1 P-8A Poseidon aircraft impress U.S. Navy brass during their Pacific deployment, but capability questions linger in Defense Department report.
NASA delays its CRS-2 contract, again. Italy is in line to become the next nation with armed Reapers. The FAA scrambles to create a UAV registration system. And the Ex-Im bank bill nears final passage.
Charged solar wind particles have changed Mars from a planet that was warmer and wetter to the cold desert we see today, data from a new NASA probe show.
NASA has set a new date for selecting one or more private space-launch providers to deliver cargo to the International Space Station in the second round of its Commercial Resupply Services competition.
More complete design work and technology maturity will make the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy a more stable and affordable program, U.S. Navy officials say.
U.S. warship patrols to prove the Navy’s freedom of navigation in the South China Sea in defiance of Chinese territorial claims could possibly lead to Japan buying new aircraft for such missions, a Japanese scholar says.
