Report critical of astronaut training, corps size
Posted: Sun, Oct 21 11:05 AM ET (1505 GMT)
A Florida Today investigative report published Sunday concludes that NASA is wasting money on an astronaut corps that is too large for current flight needs....

News briefs: October 19
Posted: Sat, Oct 20 10:56 AM ET (1456 GMT)
NASA will fly next month the shields of the 23 New York City police officers killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, SPACE.com reported...

Soyuz moved to new ISS docking port
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 12:20 PM ET (1620 GMT)
The crew of the International Space Station flew a Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port on the International Space Station to another early Friday. The...

News briefs: October 19
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)
NASA will require an additional $93.1 million to pay for enhanced security, Florida Today reports. The request is part of a $20 billion package...

Mars Odyssey ready to go into orbit
Posted: Fri, Oct 19 1:02 AM ET (0502 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft is on track to go into orbit around Mars next week, project officials said Thursday. The spacecraft will fire its...

Delta launches commercial imaging satellite
Posted: Thu, Oct 18 5:09 PM ET (2109 GMT)
A Delta 2 booster successfully launched a commercial high-resolution imaging spacecraft Thursday afternoon. The Delta 2 lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California,...

News briefs: October 17
Posted: Thu, Oct 18 2:50 AM ET (0650 GMT)
The launch table for the new Delta 4 launch site arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Wednesday. The 650-ton table will...

Goldin to resign as NASA administrator
Updated: Thu, Oct 18 12:17 AM ET (0417 GMT)
Originally Posted: Wed, Oct 17 2:23 PM ET (1823 GMT)
NASA administrator Dan Goldin announced Wednesday that he will resign from the space agency next month. Goldin addressed the space agency's employees via TV...

Report recommends laying off hundreds of station employees
Posted: Wed, Oct 17 10:44 AM ET (1444 GMT)
An independent committee will recommend to NASA that it lay off up to 1,000 people working on the International Space Station program, Florida Today...

News briefs: October 16
Posted: Wed, Oct 17 10:30 AM ET (1430 GMT)
Several building at the Kennedy Space Center were shut down Tuesday after several suspicious packages and traces of a white powder were discovered. At least...