Wyle microbiologist Cherie Ombre prepares a sample of water for testing at the Molecular Biology Lab in the Neil Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credits: NASA/Kim Shiflett

NASA contractor Wyle is being acquired by Houston-based KBR Inc. under a deal announced May 23.

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Brian Berger is editor in chief of SpaceNews.com and the SpaceNews magazine. He joined SpaceNews.com in 1998, spending his first decade with the publication covering NASA. He was named senior staff writer in 2004, a position he held until being named...