News briefs: April 15
Posted: Tue, Apr 16 7:59 AM ET (1159 GMT)
ESA and Rosaviakosmos will announce this week that Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne will fly to the International Space Station on a Soyuz taxi flight...

Business briefs: April 15
Posted: Tue, Apr 16 7:44 AM ET (1144 GMT)
An Ohio court postponed a ruling on a motion filed by Northrop Grumman that would prevent TRW from invoking the state's strong anti-takeover...

Third STS-110 spacewalk a success
Posted: Mon, Apr 15 9:05 AM ET (1305 GMT)
Two astronauts completed the third spacewalk of the STS-110 mission on Sunday, clearing the way for a test of the station's new Mobile...

News briefs: April 13-14
Posted: Mon, Apr 15 8:10 AM ET (1210 GMT)
Northrop Grumman announced late Sunday evening that it has increased its offer for TRW to $53/share. The new offer, valid through May 3, values...

Astronauts complete second STS-110 EVA
Posted: Sun, Apr 14 10:25 AM ET (1425 GMT)
Two Atlantis astronauts conducted Saturday the second of four spacewalks scheduled for the STS-110 mission. Jerry Ross and Lee Morin, dubbed the "Silver Team"...

O'Keefe unveils new NASA vision, mission statements
Posted: Sat, Apr 13 12:17 PM ET (1617 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe outlined the new vision and mission statements for NASA during a speech Friday afternoon at Syracuse University. The statements say...

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...