Brian Berger
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.
Latest articles by Brian Berger
NASA's Exploration Chief to Step Down
By Brian Berger published
Scott Horowitz, NASA's associate administrator for exploration systems, plans to step down this fall.
NASA's Terra Satellite Moved to Avoid Chinese ASAT Debris
By Brian Berger published
Debris from a Chinese anti-satellite weapons test early this year threatens orbiting spacecraft.
DARPA to Decommission Satellite Refueling Prototypes
By Brian Berger published
The decommissioning of the Orbital Express satellite refueling spacecraft begins today.
Senate Panel Boosts NASA Funding
By Brian Berger published
A U.S. Senate panel has recommended providing $17.45 billion for NASA next year.
NASA Signs Space Act Agreements with Three More Firms
By Brian Berger published
NASA will monitor private firms providing new space transportation systems.
House Panel Recommends Increasing NASA and NOAA Budgets
By Brian Berger published
A House subcommittee voted to give NASA and NOAA more money for 2008.
NASA Open to ISS Use by Industry, U.S.
By Brian Berger published
NASA is ready and willing to share the international space station (ISS) with other U.S. government agencies.
Lawmakers May Seek Criminal Probe into DVD Destruction by NASA Lawyer
By Brian Berger published
NASA Adds Docking Capability For Next Space Observatory
By Brian Berger published
NASA is adding a docking ring to the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
Export Rules Boost U.S. Civil Servant Role in ATV Mission
By Brian Berger published
NASA is training U.S. civil servants to support European cargo flights to the ISS.
Damaged Shuttle Booster Segments Returned to ATK
By Brian Berger published
Four solid-rocket booster segments riding near the front of the freight train that derailed May 2 in Alabama are headed back to Utah for reuse.
NASA Science Chief Puts Principal Investigators on Notice
By Brian Berger published
NASA’s new science chief, Alan Stern, has put principal investigators on budget notice.
Queen of England to Visit NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
By Brian Berger published
Queen Elizabeth II plans to stop by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center when she visits the United States in May to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the English settlement at Jamestown, Va.
Lawmakers Rebuff NASA's Plan to Kill Robotic Lunar Lander
By Brian Berger published
House and Senate appropriators have pushed back against NASA's proposed termination of a planned 2011 robotic lunar lander mission.
Teams Compete to Build Upper Stage of NASA’s Ares I Rocket
By Brian Berger published
WASHINGTON – The competition is on for two aerospace industry teams vying for the contract to build part of NASA’s next astronaut-launching rocket.
SpaceX Declares Falcon 1 Rocket Operational Despite Less than Perfect Test
By Brian Berger published
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