White House drops nominee for NASA #2 position
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 8:20 PM ET (0120 GMT)
The White House has withdrawn the nomination of a Marine general to be the deputy administrator of NASA, the day a Senate confirmation hearing was...

TRW turns down Northrop again
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:58 PM ET (0058 GMT)
TRW recommended to its shareholders Wednesday that they not accept a buyout offer from Northrop Grumman. Northrop started a hostile takeover attempt 10 days ago...

Atlantis rolled out for STS-110 flight
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 8:36 AM ET (1336 GMT)
The space shuttle Atlantis was rolled out to the launch pad Tuesday for its next flight to the International Space Station. Atlantis was rolled out...

News briefs: March 12
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:39 AM ET (1239 GMT)
A French government minister criticized NASA's plans to support only a "core complete" version of the International Space Station. Roger-Gerard Schwartzenberg, French research...

Business briefs: March 12
Posted: Wed, Mar 13 7:20 AM ET (1220 GMT)
RSC Energia has settled a disagreement with Khrunichev that threatened to delay the March 30 launch of a Proton. Energia said in a statement Tuesday...

Columbia lands at KSC
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:45 AM ET (1245 GMT)
The space shuttle Columbia safely landed at the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday morning. Columbia touched down at 4:32 am EST (0932 GMT) Tuesday, completing...

News briefs: March 11
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:28 AM ET (1228 GMT)
US Airways and Space Adventures announced an agreement Monday that will allow the airline's frequent flyers to exchange their miles for space tourism activities....

Business briefs: March 11
Posted: Tue, Mar 12 7:17 AM ET (1217 GMT)
Alcatel announced Monday that it has won a contract from SES Americom to build a new communications satellite. The AMC-23 satellite will be based...

Polls shows lackluster public support for NASA
Posted: Mon, Mar 11 8:01 AM ET (1301 GMT)
The American public has only limited interest in NASA and would be willing to cut its budget to pay for other programs, according to a...

News briefs: March 9-10
Posted: Mon, Mar 11 7:46 AM ET (1246 GMT)
Two members of Congress are lobbying the House Armed Services Committee to return export licensing of spacecraft to the Commerce Department, Defense Daily reported Friday....