Space plane due in '08, NASA contractors told
WASHINGTON - NASA has formally notified the three contractors working on the orbital space plane project that the agency wants the companies to push toward a new deadline of 2008....
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Chastened NASA will rebound, chief says
WASHINGTON - With the release of the report on the Columbia accident investigation just weeks away, NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe told employees yesterday to brace for heavy criticism but said...
Bolts cited as latest threat to shuttle fleet
Investigators are examining whether parts from the large bolts that attach the space shuttle to its twin rocket boosters could break free during launch and pose a threat to NASA's...
NASA faces challenge in resuming flights
WASHINGTON - NASA faces a significant challenge in its effort to return the space shuttle fleet to flight if testing on tough wing panels proves a tiny crack was enough...
NASA board uses loophole to meet in secret
Civilian members of the board investigating the shuttle Columbia disaster--outsiders who were added to reassure Congress and the public that the board would be independent of NASA--are being paid executive-level...
Shuttle investigators alter theory on object
HOUSTON -- Investigators are looking at new scenarios for how hot gases entered shuttle Columbia's left wing, causing it to disintegrate over Texas on Feb. 1. Contrary to previous analyses,...
Legislators modify terrorism package
Key House members agreed Monday to eliminate some of the most controversial law-enforcement tools in an anti-terrorism package that now is expected to move ahead quickly. The new powers would...
Legislators modify terrorism package
Key House members agreed Monday to eliminate some of the most controversial law-enforcement tools in an anti-terrorism package that now is expected to move ahead quickly. The new powers would...
FLORIDA SWAMP FIRE STOKES FERVENT PRAYERS FOR RAIN
Frustrated Florida officials and firefighters battling a raging wildfire in the Green Swamp admit they can't put out the 11,000-acre blaze, saying the most they can do is attempt containment...
FLORIDA LAWMAKERS LAY CONTINGENCY PLANS
Florida's Republican leaders are preparing to convene a special session to choose the state's 25 electors in the presidential race without involving Gov. Jeb Bush. Their solution: If the election...