WASHINGTON NASA is facing a long bout of political turmoil in Congress, where lawmakers angry about the space station's cost overruns and design uncertainties are voicing a loss of confidence in how the entire agency is being run. Some House members believe NASA management requires nothing short of a revolution, and agency chief Daniel S.

WASHINGTON McDonnell Douglas has reconfigured the wing leading edge extensions on its new F/A-l 8E/F strike fighter to rectify shortcomings in maneuverability at high angles of attack revealed during wind tunnel testing. "They had a stability problem at high angle of attack," a Pentagon official said.

PARIS France will transfer responsibility for development of its growing military space operations to CNES, the French civilian space agency. The move is likely to generate debate in the French Parliament about maintaining a distinction between military and civilian space management here.