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Orbital Sciences Rocket Flies in Test Before Cargo Runs

Orbital Sciences Corp. yesterday launched its 130-foot Antares rocket for the first time, a milestone in the company’s plans to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.

NASA Program to Find Asteroids Is Decade Behind Schedule

The U.S. space agency is a decade behind in meeting a congressional mandate to detect meteors capable of destroying a city, and needs a telescope in space to improve tracking, the nation’s top science officials said.

Obama Aide Outlines Ways to Promote Innovation (Transcript)

Five corporate executives and seven university leaders discussed with John Holdren, President Barack Obama’s science adviser, and David Kappos, head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, ways to boost the economy through promoting innovation during an Oct. 5 event in Washington sponsored by Harvard University and the Business Roundtable and hosted by Bloomberg News.

Whistle-Blowers Say Obama Fails Scientists

President Barack Obama directed his science adviser in March 2009 to guarantee the integrity of work by government researchers. Two years later, the science office came up with a shortcut, whistle-blower groups say.

U.S. Urged to Halt Skilled-Worker Flight or Lose Innovation Lead

The U.S. risks losing its global lead in innovation if it fails to halt an exodus of skilled foreign workers from the country and doesn’t do more to support research and development.

SpaceX Becomes First Company to Dock Ship at Space Station

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. docked a supply ship at the International Space Station in a breakthrough for commercial space travel.

University Leaders, CEOs, Press for Piecemeal Immigration Law

Businesses seeking more high-skilled labor must separate a drive for more foreign-worker visas from a broad -- and stymied -- Washington debate about overhauling U.S. immigration law, corporate executives and university presidents said at a roundtable discussion.

Cantor Tells CEOs ‘Alarming’ Skilled-Worker Exodus Needs Action

House Republican Leader Eric Cantor told a gathering of chief executive officers and university leaders that the U.S. must grant visas to skilled workers from overseas more quickly to halt an “exodus” from the country.

Energy Research Spending Should Triple to $16 Billion, U.S. Panel Urges

U.S. spending on energy research should triple to $16 billion a year and be reviewed as often as national defense policies, President Barack Obama ’s top science advisers said in a report.

Moonwalker Neil Armstrong to Testify at Senate Hearing on Obama NASA Plan

Neil Armstrong , the first person to walk on the moon, is scheduled to testify before a U.S. Senate committee in Washington this week on the future of NASA, the panel said.

"Unfortunately, the number of undetected potential' city killers' is very large."

- John Holdren on Mar 19, 2013

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Japan Seeks to Boost Financial Ties With Asean Amid China Row

Israel Strikes to Halt Weapons Flow to Hezbollah, Analyst Says

Berkshire Cash Hits Record $49.1 Billion as Profit Climbs

Fusion Scientists See Progress as Obama Shows No Ardor

Billionaire Kaiser Exploiting Charity Loophole With Boats