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Shuttle launches after 2 weeks of delays
Sep 9 2006 10:14PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Space shuttle Atlantis thundered into orbit Saturday with no obvious damage from debris to worry NASA or the six-member crew as they prepared to resume construction of the international space station for the first time since the 2003 Columbia disaster.
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County plans to vaporize landfill trash
Sep 9 2006 9:06PM (CT)
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida county has grand plans to ditch its dump, generate electricity and help build roads _ all by vaporizing garbage at temperatures hotter than parts of the sun.
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Atlantis' crew finally gets to fly
Sep 9 2006 10:52AM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The six astronauts aboard Atlantis were supposed to fly to the international space station more than three years ago, but the Columbia disaster and then problems with the shuttle's fuel tank kept them grounded.
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