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NASA spacecraft enters orbit around Mars
Mar 10 2006 10:58PM (CT)
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A NASA spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Mars Friday, joining a trio of orbiters already circling the Red Planet after a critical firing of its engines.
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Old space-shuttle booster rocket tested
Mar 10 2006 8:01PM (CT)
PROMONTORY, Utah (AP) - A 4 1/2-year-old space-shuttle booster rocket was test-fired by ATK Thiokol to determine the effects of age on the rocket motor components.
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Groups hope to expand Mont. bison numbers
Mar 10 2006 7:58PM (CT)
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) - Organizations working to build a bison population south of Malta say five of the 16 animals already placed there are pregnant, and there are plans to put at least 16 more bison on the land this fall.
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Luna the killer whale believed killed
Mar 10 2006 7:56PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Luna, the juvenile killer whale from Washington state waters who got lost in Canada's Nootka Sound five years ago, apparently died Friday when he was accidentally struck by a tugboat propeller, Canadian authorities said.
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Research: Polynesian islands settled later
Mar 10 2006 7:53PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The first immigrants from the Polynesian islands to reach Easter Island arrived more recently than previously thought, according to research by a University of Hawaii archaeology professor published this week in the journal Science.
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Rat-squirrel not extinct after all
Mar 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It has the face of a rat and the tail of a skinny squirrel _ and scientists say this creature discovered living in central Laos is pretty special: It's a species believed to have been extinct for 11 million years.
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Mango-eating Asian beetle found in Fla.
Mar 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - A long-horned beetle that has decimated mango plantations in China was found for the first time in the United States at the Port of Miami aboard a freighter transporting cargo from Hong Kong, federal officials said Friday.
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Cassini spots water geysers on Saturn Moon
Mar 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The orbiting Cassini spacecraft has spotted what appear to be water geysers on one of Saturn's icy moons, raising the tantalizing possibility that the celestial object harbors life.
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Luna the orphaned whale feared dead
Mar 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
GOLD RIVER, British Columbia (AP) - It appears Luna the orphaned killer whale has died after being struck by a tugboat on the west coast of Vancouver Island, officials said Friday.
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Lab heats particles past star's interior
Mar 10 2006 7:40PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A particle accelerator at Sandia National Laboratories has heated a swarm of charged particles to a record 2 billion degrees Kelvin, a temperature beyond that of a star's interior.
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Next space station crew undergoes tests
Mar 10 2006 7:36AM (CT)
STAR CITY, Russia (AP) - A new crew for the international space station underwent tests for a second and final day Friday ahead of its launch later this month.
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Feds may relax rules on endangered turtles
Mar 10 2006 12:13AM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Federal fish managers are proposing to relax rules designed to protect endangered leatherback sea turtles and allow some fishing off the West Coast under strict government supervision.
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