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[SatNews] Russia will fully rebuild its network of weather forecasting and monitoring satellites by 2030 under a state program for the development of meteorology, the government said in a statement on Tuesday.
Read More[SatNews] The Air Force has announced the realignment of some Headquarters Air Force space functions, following the recent completion of a review of Headquarters Air Force space management and responsibilities, which was directed by Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley in December 2009.
Read More[SatNews] The protracted struggle between President Barack Obama and Congress over the future of NASA's manned space program is boiling down to how much responsibility and how much money the nation wants to hand over to private companies that would carry astronauts into orbit aboard commercial spacecraft for the first time.
Read MoreSatNews — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.
Read More[SatNews] The Space Foundation today welcomed the release of the new U.S. National Space Policy as "an important milestone in furthering national and international discussions about the future direction of the United States in space."
Read MoreFrench Defense Minister Herve Morin, who wrapped up a two-day visit to the Kingdom on Sunday, said Saudi Arabia has shown interest in acquiring satellites "to develop an autonomous capacity of observation."
Read More[SatNews] NASA’s Ames Research Center generated 5,300 jobs and $877 million in total annual economic activity in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, according to a new economic benefits study.
Read MoreChina's space authorities added seven new members to its astronaut crew on Friday, with two women included for the first time.
Read MoreRobert Zubrin, President of the Mars Society, continues to speak out against the President’s budget proposal for NASA in an article simply titled Obama’s Failure to Launch.
Read MoreA new agreement between NASA and Chrysler may put rocket science on the road and automotive technologies in space.
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