Tag: Aerospace and defense industry
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth; rare night splashdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since...
Latin America looks to space, despite limitations on ground
MEXICO CITY — Mars missions, astronauts coming and going at the International Space Station, China’s increasingly ambitious space program. Space-related news is flowing, and...
SpaceX making 1st US crew splashdown in dark since Apollo 8
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splashdown of returning astronauts in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot in...
Senate confirms former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson to lead NASA
WASHINGTON — The Senate has confirmed former Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who once flew on the space shuttle, to be the next NASA administrator.
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Finland gets final bids for $12 billion fighter jet deal
HELSINKI — Finland says it has received final offers from all five manufacturers bidding in a contest to provide new fighter jets to the...
Gazan behind Mars drone says visiting home is no small step
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — Space engineer Loay Elbasyouni was part of the NASA team that made history this month by launching an experimental...
US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking
SPOKANE, Wash. — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid...
EXPLAINER: China prepares space station core module launch
BEIJING — China plans to launch the core module for its first permanent space station this week in the latest big step forward for...
US contractor sentenced for stealing truck from Afghan base
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — An American military contractor has been sentenced to prison for her role in a theft ring on a military installation in...
Al Schmitt, Grammy winning engineer and producer, dead at 91
NEW YORK — Twenty-time Grammy winner Al Schmitt, whose extraordinary career as a recording engineer and producer included albums by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles,...
