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• Hiker finds Steve Fossett's aviation IDs
A hiker in a remote area of California has found two aviation identification cards belonging to millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, presumed dead after his plane went missing a year ago, a police spokeswoman said on Wednesday. "We got confirmation ...
• NASA grapples with budget-busting Mars rover
The project faces cancellation if it reaches 30 percent over budget, a scenario that seems increasingly likely, Aviation Week and Space Technology reported this week. Mars Science Lab is scheduled for launch next year, but its assembly is behind ...
• Search crews find Fossett's plane wreckage
But a hiker in a remote area of California this week found clothes and two of Fossett's aviation identification cards. The cards and a sweatshirt were found in a remote part of Madera County in the eastern Sierras between Yosemite National Park and ...
• Crews find plane believed to belong to Fossett
But a hiker in a remote area of California this week found two of his aviation identification cards. The cards and a sweatshirt were found in a remote part of Madera County in the eastern Sierras between Yosemite National Park and the Nevada border. ...
• Asteroid reportedly streaks over Africa
SpaceWeather.com quoted Dutch aviation meteorologist Jacob Kuiper as saying that an airline crew witnessed a flash that matched the expected coordinates for the fireball. "Half an hour before the predicted impact of asteroid 2008 TC3, I informed an ...