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Congress criticizes NASA on shuttle safety
Posted: Mon, Apr 22 7:54 AM ET (1154 GMT)
Members of Congress expressed their concern about the long-term safety of the space shuttle fleet during a hearing Thursday. NASA officials told members of...

ISS crew moves Soyuz to new docking port
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 12:42 PM ET (1642 GMT)
The three-man Expedition Four crew briefly left the International Space Station early Saturday, flying a Soyuz spacecraft to a new docking port on the...

News briefs: April 19
Posted: Sat, Apr 20 12:31 PM ET (1631 GMT)
The use of space-based missile defense or anti-satellite systems could render low-Earth orbit unusable, one scientist warned Friday. Joel Primack of the...

Atlantis lands at KSC
Posted: Fri, Apr 19 1:54 PM ET (1754 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis landed safely at the Kennedy Space Center Friday afternoon to conclude the STS-110 shuttle mission. Atlantis touched down at 12:...

News briefs: April 18
Posted: Fri, Apr 19 9:04 AM ET (1304 GMT)
The former chief of staff of the US Air Force gave the military a grade of "B" in its work to improve its space efforts....

Business briefs: April 18
Posted: Fri, Apr 19 8:03 AM ET (1203 GMT)
TRW announced Thursday that it would delay its shareholder meeting scheduled for Monday, April 22, to give shareholders more time to review Northrop Grumman's...

Congressman criticizes O'Keefe, NASA
Posted: Thu, Apr 18 10:24 AM ET (1424 GMT)
NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe’s "honeymoon" with Congress came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when a leading member of the House called O'...

News briefs: April 17
Posted: Thu, Apr 18 8:05 AM ET (1205 GMT)
Boeing recorded a $1.25 billion loss, or $1.54 per share, in the first quarter of 2002, the company announced Wednesday. The loss was...

Shuttle undocks from ISS
Posted: Wed, Apr 17 8:47 PM ET (0047 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station Wednesday afternoon after completing its mission to install a truss on the orbiting facility. Atlantis...

TRW rejects latest offer from Northrop
Posted: Wed, Apr 17 2:17 PM ET (1817 GMT)
TRW announced Wednesday that it is recommending to its shareholders that they reject the latest takeover offer from Northrop Grumman. TRW's board of directors...



news in brief
House committee opposes proposed NASA budget cuts
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 11:00 AM ET (1500 GMT)

Electron launches Japanese cubesats
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:57 AM ET (1457 GMT)

NASA to launch Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in September
Posted: Sat, Apr 25 10:54 AM ET (1454 GMT)

news links
Thursday, April 30
United States Welcomes Morocco Signing of the Artemis Accords
US State Department — 6:58 am ET (1058 GMT)
Baking a parachute for Mars
ESA — 6:55 am ET (1055 GMT)


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