Read more rockets stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25662/rockets.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:49:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66862/nasa-cant-afford-to-visit-moon-by-2020.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith all the hoopla of the Apollo anniversary safely behind us, a White House panel is ready to deliver a sobering assessment of the nation's current moon plans: They're too expensive. The panel, set up by President Obama to review NASA's human space flight program, says the agency's budget is...http://www.newser.com/story/66862/nasa-cant-afford-to-visit-moon-by-2020.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 19:01:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58333/nasa-space-flight-review-worries-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA NASA review of manned space-flight plans has Kennedy Space Center workers and contractors fearing for their jobs, the Orlando Sentinel reports. A panel will investigate whether rockets set to carry humans into space after the shuttle fleet is retired next year are really NASA’s best bets. Some worry the...http://www.newser.com/story/58333/nasa-space-flight-review-worries-workers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 10:44:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55551/china-firm-sold-illegal-nuke-materials-to-iran-prosecutors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York officials today charged a Chinese businessman with illegally selling tons of materials to Iran that could be used to make rockets and nuclear weapons, the New York Times reports. Sales in 2006-08 of tungsten and other metals, often through shell firms, break UN rules, prosecutors say. Li Fang...http://www.newser.com/story/55551/china-firm-sold-illegal-nuke-materials-to-iran-prosecutors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 12:36:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49731/long-range-rocket-strikes-israel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA long-range rocket fired today from Gaza struck the Israeli city of Ashkelon in the first such attack since the ceasefire began last month, reports CNN. No injuries were reported, but Israel vowed to respond with "great force." Resumed rocket fire from Gaza presents a particular problem for the centrist-led...http://www.newser.com/story/49731/long-range-rocket-strikes-israel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 4:36:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47569/gaza-tunnels-focal-point-of-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe massive tunnels supplying food, medicine, and rockets from Egypt into Gaza are the bane of Israel's military, and a lifeline for Palestinians and the economy of Egypt’s destitute Sinai, the Los Angeles Times reports. Smuggling has been immune to military action, to the consternation of Israeli leaders. If it...http://www.newser.com/story/47569/gaza-tunnels-focal-point-of-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Jan 2009 16:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46464/gaza-strikes-push-clinton-obama-to-mend-fences.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton criticized Barack Obama’s world affairs know-how in the primaries, but now the two are poised to join forces on their first foreign policy test, Tony Allen-Mills writes in the Times of London. Israel’s air offensive in Gaza undid months of negotiations to kick-start a peace process, forcing Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/46464/gaza-strikes-push-clinton-obama-to-mend-fences.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Dec 2008 14:29:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46463/new-strikes-push-gaza-toll-to-275.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new wave of Israeli missile strikes on the Gaza Strip today has hiked the death toll from the latest Israeli offensive against Hamas militants to 275, with closer to 800 wounded, reports CNN. UN Security Council members expressed "serious concern" and called for "an immediate halt to all violence"...http://www.newser.com/story/46463/new-strikes-push-gaza-toll-to-275.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 28 Dec 2008 4:51:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/30791/rockets-hit-israel-olmert-ends-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPolice say three Palestinian rockets have hit southern Israel and Ehud Olmert's office says the ceasefire that took effect last week has been broken. Islamic Jihad militants in the Gaza Strip say they carried out the attack to avenge an Israeli military raid that killed one of their fighters in...http://www.newser.com/story/30791/rockets-hit-israel-olmert-ends-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Jun 2008 9:48:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23794/pentagon-inventing-group-hits-50-looks-to-next-strides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA small Defense Department agency credited with inventing the Internet and rockets that sent men to the moon is turning 50, the Washington Post reports, and is fine-tuning its next innovations. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's work spans biology, satellites and aircraft; it has no permanent labs and its...http://www.newser.com/story/23794/pentagon-inventing-group-hits-50-looks-to-next-strides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Apr 2008 19:15:06 CDT