Late on Christmas Eve, one last wish was sent, by e-mail: Please let NASA Administrator Michael Griffin keep his job. It was from his wife. ...more

December 31, 2008

The Tennessee Titans wanted to head into the playoffs with a little momentum. Thanks to a dominating performance against the Pittsburgh Steelers, they'll have much more than that. ...more

December 22, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour stands poised with its crew at the launch pad for an evening flight to the International Space Station and a home remodeling project by astronauts doubling as kitchen and bathroom installers. ...more

November 14, 2008

NASA told a Senate panel Monday that it anticipates losing 3,000 to 4,000 jobs at its launching site once the space shuttles stop flying in two more years, about half the cutback initially reported. ...more

June 24, 2008

NASA is wrestling with a potentially dangerous problem in a spacecraft, this time in a moon rocket that hasn't been built. ...more

January 19, 2008

Pressured by Congress to release by year's end information collected on air safety from thousands of pilots, NASA played a trick on everyone. ...more

January 4, 2008

Abandoning its secrecy claims, NASA promised Congress on Wednesday it will reveal results of an unprecedented federal aviation survey that found aircraft near collisions, runway interference and other safety problems occur far more often than previously recognized. ...more

November 1, 2007

Imagine hearing this announcement from your pilot before your airplane takes off: 'I'd like to tell you how dangerous this flight is going to be, but I can't because I don't want to scare you.' ...more

October 25, 2007

An unprecedented national survey of pilots by the U.S. government has found safety problems such as near collisions and runway interference occur far more frequently than previously recognized. ...more

October 23, 2007

The Soviets beat the United States at getting a satellite, and a man, into space. Now, the Chinese may get to the moon before American astronauts can make a return visit. ...more

October 4, 2007