SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea launched a fresh round of short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast early Friday, U.S. and South Korean officials say. It is the third such launch in just more than a week. The North launched two projectiles around 3 a.m. local time from South Hamgyong […]
Joint U.S.-Israeli Launch at Kodiak Site Reinforces Military Readiness Arrow-3, the Israeli exo-atmospheric ballistic missile interceptor successfully intercepted three medium-range missile targets over the North Pacific Ocean. These tests were conducted at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak, Alaska. Video: Defense Update WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) today applauded the successful […]
NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and 2011, respectively: faulty materials provided by aluminum manufacturer, Sapa Profiles, Inc. (SPI). LSP’s technical investigation led to the involvement of NASA’s Office of the Inspector General and the U.S. Department of Justice […]