Reaching for the Sky
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A private manned rocket soared into space for a second time yesterday, landing successfully after an unexpectedly bumpy ride that nearly meant an early end to the team&#39;s bid to win a $10 million prize.
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SALT LAKE CITY - In a harrowing feat high over the Utah desert tomorrow, two helicopter stunt pilots will try to snatch a floating space capsule that holds &#39;a piece of the sun&#39; and bring it safely down.
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By Karen Nelson, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Jun.
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By Jan Perry  Only one adventure of many, but certainly one most eagerly awaited: Tomorrow we'll helicopter 4,000 feet down into the Grand Canyon. As if that wasn't amazing enough, we will land and mount horses, making our way to one of the most beautiful spots in the world.
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By Therese Poletti and Nicole C. Wo, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep.
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Balloon flight success for budget von Brauns Students from the University of Cambridge "Spaceflight" project last week pulled off quite a coup when they successfully dispatched an experimental electronics package into the upper atmosphere strapped to a weather balloon, in the process capturing some impressive images of planet Earth from a peak altitude of 32.2km (105,600ft)â¦
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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By Roy A. Bahls, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec. 15--Weather permitting, local sky watchers are in for some prime viewing of the international space station and space shuttle Discovery as they streak overhead.   Sightings of the ISS and shuttle can be had about 6:04 p.m.
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A piece of the Sun is set to fall to Earth and be captured by Hollywood stunt pilots in a tricky mid-air manoeuvre, NASA announced on Thursday.
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Stargazers can catch a spectacular sight if they turn their eyes to the sky tonight. NASA officials say the Geminids will provide the best meteor shower of the year.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 14--GULFPORT -- The state's eye in the sky was on display at Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport on Tuesday.
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By Janette Rodrigues, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Dec.
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IT PROMISES to be a scene worthy of a science fiction spectacular. A space probe carrying primordial material scooped from outer space starts to plunge towards our planet. But before it can strike, a helicopter flown by a Hollywood stunt ...
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By Greg Avery, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.  Dec.
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By CAROLYN CHURCHILL  ONE of the pioneers of space exploration touched down in Scotland yesterday as part of a project which promotes science to schoolchildren.
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By RICK CALLAHAN   Associated Press writer  OMEGA, Ind. -- Take a walk on a clear, dark night far from city lights and be prepared to be awed by a sky blanketed with stars of various magnitudes, the Milky Way's wispy arm and brilliant planets.
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By Martin Merzer and Phil Long, The Miami Herald  Jun. 3--CAPE CANAVERAL -- It's a whole different kind of launch countdown: More than eight years and . . . still counting for many NASA astronauts who have done everything except, you know, fly in space.