New security checks irk NASA contractors
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Dennis V. Byrnes, a veteran engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, fired off a 1,300-word letter to his congressman in April complaining of "unwarranted intrusion" into his life.
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NASA wrestled with two late-breaking technical concerns which showed up Tuesday two days before the launch of space shuttle Discovery, but managers weren't sure if they could delay the start of the mission.
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With budgets tightening and the obstacles to human space exploration looking more daunting, NASA is enlisting the expertise of outsiders.
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Discrepancies between an independent review of NASA&#39;s astronaut healthcare system and an in-house survey prompted lawmakers Thursday to urge more open communications among the U.S. space agency&#39;s ranks.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  HOUSTON  The orbiting Discovery crew started the meticulous inspection of the shuttle's heat shield on Sunday, looking for any possible damage from liftoff.
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Space brainboxes in sex-snoop vetting lawsuit A group of cheesed-off American space boffins are resisting new security procedures, implemented in the wake of 9/11, which require them to submit to background checks.â¦
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US space agency Nasa is criticised for issuing an incomplete and unanalysed   report on air safety.
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NASA said on Thursday that a new power feed could be the source of potentially catastrophic computer glitches aboard the $100 billion International Space Station but it hoped the problem would be resolved.
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Workers were frustrated there was no industrywide standard for reporting suspicious activity - until now.
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Discovery's astronauts scanned the space shuttle's heat shield for potential damage, a day after a launch that apparently did not damage the orbiter, NASA said.
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A new airport security system relies on human judgment
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Officials at Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International airports said they are considering the replacement of federal airport screeners at security checkpoints with workers employed by private contractors.
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Military contractors may be concealing data breaches by international cyberspies.
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Nasa detects a problem with a sensor on the external tank of the space shuttle Atlantis hours before take-off.
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A U.S. congressional committee  ordered NASA on Monday to more quickly turn over records on a  study the agency conducted on airline safety, fearful some data  may have been suppressed or destroyed to protect the industry.
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The public may yet learn what thousands of pilots told NASA about air safety. Congress moved Monday to analyze data from a project that the space agency cast aside and then withheld results in fear they could alarm the public and hurt airline profits.
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A $239 million satellite toppled to a factory floor last year because nobody bothered to check that it was secure before moving it, according to a NASA investigation board's report on the mishap.