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Norwegian team embarks on 'Kon-Tiki' trip
Apr 28 2006 11:23PM (CT)
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Norwegian team that includes the Thor Heyerdahl's grandson paddled Friday into the Pacific Ocean to repeat the famed adventurer's journey aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki.
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NASA postpones changing tank design
Apr 28 2006 6:43PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Despite concerns raised by some engineers, NASA said Friday that it plans to put off any further design changes to the shuttle's external fuel tank until after Discovery's flight in July.
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Neutron analysis instrument fired up
Apr 28 2006 3:55PM (CT)
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) - For the first time Friday, scientists fired up a $1.4 billion research instrument that uses a stream of subatomic particles to analyze metals and other industrial materials.
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China's Xiang Xiang enters the wild
Apr 28 2006 2:02PM (CT)
BEIJING (AP) - China on Friday released a panda bred in captivity into the wild for the first time, and the animal scampered into a nearby bamboo forest where he will be monitored via satellite.
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NASA cloud satellites blast off
Apr 28 2006 5:54AM (CT)
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - After a series of delays, a pair of NASA satellites blasted off early Friday on a mission to study how clouds affect weather and climate.
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Tsunami network on lookout for giant waves
Apr 28 2006 5:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 200,000 people perished when a monstrous wave swept the Indian Ocean in 2004. In hopes of avoiding a similar disaster here, a tsunami warning system has now been expanded to both coasts of the United States.
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Sonar may be linked to stranding of whales
Apr 28 2006 1:58AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - The Navy's use of sonar during maritime exercises may have contributed to the mass stranding of more than 150 whales in Hawaii's Hanalei Bay two years ago, government scientists said.
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