Space Probe Fails to Deploy Chute, Slams into Earth

Posted at: Wed Sep 8th, 2004

DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, UTAH -- A NASA spacecraft spun out of control and crashed into the Utah desert this morning, putting a disastrous end to a years-long mission to bring back samples of the Sun. The probe was supposed to deploy a parachute and be snagged by a helicopter for safe r...

NASA Gravity Probe B Mission Ready To Test Einstein's Theory

Posted at: Wed Sep 8th, 2004

Gravity Probe B, a NASA spacecraft to test two predictions of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, achieved a major milestone last week with the completion of the first phase of its mission and the transition into the science phase. The GP-B mission is now one step closer to shedding new ...

US Navy Awards Lockheed $14.8 Million Contract For Next Phase MH-60R Integration

Posted at: Wed Sep 8th, 2004

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Northrop/Raytheon Completes Risk Reduction Program for New Airborne Surveillance Radar

Posted at: Wed Sep 8th, 2004

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 8, 2004 -- A Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)/ Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) team has successfully integrated and tested a laboratory-based prototype of a new airborne surveillance radar planned for deployment on the U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaiss...

Genesis probe heads home to Earth

Posted at: Wed Sep 8th, 2004

The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its cargo on Wednesday. It will eject a capsule that will enter Earth's atmosphere at 40,000km/h (24,000mph) before slowing, with the help of a parachute, to fall over the Utah desert. ...