News briefs: April 12
Posted: Sat, Apr 13 11:58 AM ET (1558 GMT)
The European Space Agency and the French government signed an agreement this week that guarantees ESA's access to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou....

Report: teacher to be named to shuttle flight
Updated: Fri, Apr 12 2:37 PM ET (1837 GMT)
Originally Posted: Fri, Apr 12 10:02 AM ET (1402 GMT)
Barbara Morgan, the runner up in the 1980s Teacher in Space competition, will be named to a crew of a 2004 shuttle mission to the...

Astronauts attach truss to space station
Posted: Fri, Apr 12 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
Two spacewalking astronauts completed the initial installation of the first segment of the International Space Station's truss on Thursday despite some difficulties that extended...

News briefs: April 11
Posted: Fri, Apr 12 7:40 AM ET (1140 GMT)
Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake passed away Wednesday after suffering a heart aneurysm. Hyakutake is best known for discovering a comet in early 1996 that...

Business briefs: April 11
Posted: Fri, Apr 12 7:23 AM ET (1123 GMT)
The US Department of Justice contacted Northrop Grumman this week and requested additional information about that company's plans to acquire TRW, company officials said...

Stars evidence of new state of matter
Posted: Thu, Apr 11 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)
Astronomers using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory have discovered two stars that may be made of a new state of matter. The astronomers found one...

News briefs: April 10
Posted: Thu, Apr 11 8:18 AM ET (1218 GMT)
Pop star and would-be space tourist Lance Bass said he plans to undergo additional medical tests to gain clearance to take a Soyuz flight,...

Business briefs: April 10
Posted: Thu, Apr 11 8:04 AM ET (1204 GMT)
Lockheed will cut 325 jobs at the New Orleans facility that builds space shuttle external tanks, the AP reported Wednesday. The layoffs at the Michoud...

Shuttle docks with ISS
Posted: Wed, Apr 10 7:55 PM ET (2355 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on Wednesday. Atlantis docked with ISS on schedule at 12:04 pm EDT (1604 GMT),...

News briefs: April 9
Posted: Wed, Apr 10 9:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
Ice is critical to the formation of stars, according to work by a British astronomer. Martin McCoustra found that icy granules of dust in interstellar...