Brian Berger is the Editor-in-Chief of SpaceNews, a bi-weekly space industry news magazine, and SpaceNews.com. He joined SpaceNews covering NASA in 1998 and was named Senior Staff Writer in 2004 before becoming Deputy Editor in 2008. Brian's reporting on NASA's 2003 Columbia space shuttle accident and received the Communications Award from the National Space Club Huntsville Chapter in 2019. Brian received a bachelor's degree in magazine production and editing from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism.
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Since taking over, Alan Stern has moved to undo cuts to NASA's research.

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NASA is delaying the selection of the next Mars Scout series of missions.

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NASA astrophysics, astronomy see only inflationary budget increases ahead.

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Maker of astronaut glove hired by space exploration outfit.

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NASA administrator says the Orion needs an extra $2 billion to fly sooner.

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Two instruments will return to NASA's Mars Science Lab mission.

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NASA's field centers learned their roles in developing the Ares 5.
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Small satellites could get a novel propulsion system developed by DARPA.

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Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) is not going down without a fight.

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NASA pulls plug on $175 million Rocketplane Kistler contract.

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Lawmakers rejected a proposal to trim NASA’s budget by $150 million.

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A new report urges the U.S. to lead in developing space-based solar power.

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Rocketplane Kistler president Randy Brinkley has stepped down.
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Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute hopes to snag $20 million in the Google Lunar X Prize.

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NASA has put private spaceflight firm Rocketplane Kistler on financial notice.

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NASA taps Boeing to build the upper stage of its Ares I rocket to launch future astronaut.

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NASA and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) finalized a $1.8 billion contract to design and develop the main stage of the Ares I rocket.

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The FAA is leaving the investigation of a fatal explosion in California to state officials and Scaled Composites.

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Rocketplane Kistler missed its goal for completing financing of the K-1 booster.

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The House of Representatives passed a budget measure to provide $17.6 billion for NASA in 2008.

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The Pentagon decommissioned its Orbital Express in-space refueling satellites this week.
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