Discovery Ready For Takeoff

All systems are go"Space Shuttle Discoveryhas entered the final phase before the May 31 launch, with technicians workingon the “finishing touches” at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. There have been noissues reported so far, and the final countdown for the Sunday launch...

Port-A-Potty to the Stars

Major Tom to ground control: the urine collection unit is on the fritz again."International Space Station astronauts are eagerly awaiting the arrival of shuttle Discovery - it is bringing a new pump to mend their broken toilet.""Eagerly" here being defined as hopping from one...

ATR may have been damaged in 'barrel roll'

"Danish civil aviation administration SLV is awaiting a detailed statement from regional airline Cimber Air after suspecting that one of its ATR 42-500 turboprops exceeded flight limits by performing a 360° longitudinal roll. Investigations began when the Danish...

Horror after two bodies discovered in hold of Ayr cargo ship

Two people who were attempting to sneak into Britain as stowaways on a cargo ship filled with manure have been found dead in the ship's holding."TWO stowaways were found dead on a cargo ship docked in a Scottish port yesterday. The gruesome discovery was made by crew members...

Coast guard saves sinking ship

" MUMBAI: The coast guard on Fridayrescued a ship with 29 Indian sailors that had developed a leak. A coast guardship and diving team performed a mid-sea operation, fixing the leak and helpingthe ship continue its voyage to the Mudra port in Gujarat."

1,000 to be rescued from stranded cruise ship

    Passengers aboard the stranded cruise ship Mona Lisa have been rescued. They were rescued off Latvia.  " The Mona Lisa's captain had agreed to evacuate the ship after unsuccessful efforts to free it from a sand bank off Latvia's coast,...

Carjacker Asks TV Crew for Directions

"At least this film crew can safely say that for once, the news came calling.In Cleveland, Ohio, WOIO-TV newswoman Shannon O’Brien and photographer Eric Walls were doing a sidewalk report Monday on bank problems when a possible bank problem (holdup, perhaps) showed up in...

Korean, Chinese vessels collide, 6 missing

"SEOUL, April 7 (UPI) -- The Korean coast guard Monday reported six Chinese crewmen missing in a collision between a Chinese fishing boat and a South Korean freighter.The fishing boat, Lujiao Yu, capsized about 100 miles south of the South Korean island of Jeju, the South...