KU grad&#39;s team nears $10 million rocket prize
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Mojave, Calif. - A team of pilots and aerospace engineers on Wednesday took the first step toward a $10 million prize by sending its rocket plane 64 miles above the Mojave Desert.
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For more than a month it has been public knowledge that Kansas was considering moving next season&#39;s home football game against Oklahoma to Kansas City&#39;s Arrowhead Stadium.
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Marking the end of a years-long quest, the team behind the SpaceShipOne rocket plane on Saturday accepted the $10 million Ansari X Prize for advancements in private space travel and tourism.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - A privately built rocket plane  will try to blast out of the atmosphere over the Mojave Desert  on Monday for the second time in less than a week to win a $10  million prize for the first commercially viable manned  spacecraft.
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By Anonymous  The University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) has secured a US defense-related $10 million contract. The school will partner with the Picatinny Arsenal, to produce numerous devices that could help improve military capabilities.
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The play of the night could turn out to be the play of the year for No. 2 Kansas - no matter how far the Jayhawks go this season. Even after Wayne Simien&#39;s 20 points led five players in
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Julian Wright has a career-high 21 points as No. 10 Kansas plays sterling defense when it matters to hold off top-ranked Florida, 82-80, in overtime on Saturday night.
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COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A-and-M and Kansas State are no longer in the Top 25. But the perennial powers are hoping experience gained this season can return them near the top of the league -- and the nation.
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Dante Hall shakes loose for 49 yards to set up Kansas City&#39;s game-winning field goal. By Damon Smith -- Special To The Bee. It&#39;s not too late to get into a Fantasy Sports League.
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MOJAVE, Calif.  - A privately built rocket plane  blasted straight up through blue skies above the Mojave desert  on Monday and reached its target altitude in a bid to win a $10  million prize for the first commercially viable manned  spacecraft, flight controllers said.
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MOJAVE, Calif. Oct. 4, 2004 - A stubby rocket plane was slung from the belly of a carrier plane toward space Monday in the final leg of a trip toward the edge of the Earth&#39;s atmosphere and a $10 million prize.
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Lance Harris scores 20 points as Kansas State polishes its NCAA tournament credentials with a 66-45 win on Friday over Texas Tech in the Big 12 Conference tournament quarterfinals.
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There's a $10 million prize waiting for the team that builds a super-green, ultra-efficient vehicle. Start your engines, it's the race to build the 100-mpg car.
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The &#36;10 million competition to send a private manned rocket into space started looking more like a race Thursday, when a Canadian team announced plans to launch its rocket three days after an American group intends to begin qualifying for the Ansari X prize.
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Kansas is no longer perfect. The No. 2 national ranking will tumble. But an out-of-nowhere blowout loss to Villanova probably won't matter in the long run to the Jayhawks.
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Kenan Cole manages a mechanical engineering major and a starting role on a women's basketball team ranked among the nation's top 10
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MOJAVE, Calif. - The first private manned rocket recovered from a wild corkscrew roll on its ascent to soar to space and back Wednesday in a bid to earn a $10 million prize...