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Astronauts complete seven-hour spacewalk
Dec 12 2006 10:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station.
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Astronauts complete seven-hour spacewalk
Dec 12 2006 10:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station.
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Astronauts complete seven-hour spacewalk
Dec 12 2006 10:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station.
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Astronauts complete seven-hour spacewalk
Dec 12 2006 10:29PM (CT)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts completed a nearly seven-hour spacewalk Tuesday, the first of three difficult forays outside during the shuttle Discovery's stay at the international space station.
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Tall mountain range found on Titan
Dec 12 2006 10:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The international Cassini spacecraft spotted a nearly mile-high mountain range shrouded in hazy clouds on Saturn's giant moon Titan, scientists reported Tuesday.
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Scientists grapple over sunspot cycle
Dec 12 2006 10:19PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Scientists are deadlocked over the severity of the next sunspot cycle, which could produce powerful solar storms that can disrupt communication systems on Earth.
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CO2 could extend life of space junk
Dec 12 2006 10:00PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Carbon dioxide emissions from global warming are cooling and shrinking the outermost atmosphere, keeping orbiting spacecraft airborne longer but also increasing the threat that space junk poses to satellites, scientists reported Monday.
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More dead fish found in Va. river
Dec 12 2006 8:08PM (CT)
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Scientists baffled by massive springtime fish kills on the Shenandoah River over several years now have additional confusing information: several hundred dead fish in December.
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Baby plesiosaur bones found in Antarctic
Dec 12 2006 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The bones of a baby plesiosaur have been recovered from an Antarctic island, scientists reported Monday. In life, 70 million years ago, the five-foot-long animal would have resembled Nessie, the long-necked creature reported to inhabit Scotland's Loch Ness.
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Report defends experiments on monkeys
Dec 12 2006 8:02PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - There are strong scientific reasons for British scientists to continue research using monkeys in "carefully selected research problems," especially when it is the only way to save human lives, a committee of experts said Tuesday.
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Rocket launch delayed by software glitch
Dec 12 2006 2:23PM (CT)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - The first attempt to launch a rocket from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport has been delayed until at least Friday while experts work on a software glitch in the Air Force satellite that is its main payload, officials said Tuesday.
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1849 shipwreck found in Lake Ontario
Dec 12 2006 7:21AM (CT)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - After more than 160 years, the twin masts of the Milan still stand erect _ all the more remarkable because the commercial sailing ship sits in the dark depths of Lake Ontario.
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