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Satellite rescue mission launched

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies' Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified airplane, putting Link on course to reach and capture NASA's Swift Observatory in about a month. Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar storms. NASA is paying $30 million for Katalyst to capture the telescope and boost its orbit so ...

High-tech ball involved in World Cup high drama

ATLANTA — It is called connected ball technology. And it was responsible for one of the most dramatic climaxes to a World Cup match ever. It canceled Croatia's late equalizer deep in added time against Portugal by detecting a touch that was undetectable to the naked eye and even video ...

Aussies’ Neil the Seal creates fame, fans — and property damage

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Like plenty of local boys before him, Neil has come home to the stretch of Australian coast where he was born. Unlike most of them, he trails fame, fans and property damage in his wake. He is also a 2,200-pound elephant seal. In June, the bellowing and blubbery ...

Satellite rescue mission launches successfully

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A three-armed spacecraft rocketed into orbit Friday to rescue a NASA telescope that's in danger of crashing back to Earth. Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies' Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified airplane, putting Link on course to reach and capture NASA's Swift Observatory in about a month. Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar storms. NASA is paying $30 million for Katalyst to capture the telescope and boost its orbit so ...

The ongoing adventures of touring Alaska

A little while after we got to Alaska, we were on our way to the apartment. The drive was next to a lake, with a cluster of mountains on the other side — they all still looked like they had milk on top of them. We came to the small valley town of Girdwood. It wasn’t very exciting. There ...

Continued growth, change make summer most interesting

By SCOT STEWART Marquette-area bird enthusiast “You can observe a lot by just watching.” — Yogi Berra There always seems to be many more details in summer to observe than in winter. Even more exciting is the way most of these details like growth, reproduction and so many other summer ...