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DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — A European spacecraft is now planted on the icy, dusty surface of a speeding comet. It landed with a bounce today after traveling 4 billion miles. But there were glitches. Thrusters to push the lander onto the surface and harpoons to anchor it to the comet didn't deploy properly. It's not yet known if the failures will affect the lander's ability to remain on the comet.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is planning to analyze the flight audio of Virgin Galactic's ill-fated tourist spacecraft next week. Meanwhile, the pilot of SpaceShipTwo that came apart over the Mojave Desert has told investigators that he didn't know his co-pilot had pulled a brake-unlocking lever before the rocket was done accelerating. The co-pilot was killed.
ISTANBUL (AP) — A Pentagon spokesman is calling an attack on three U.S. Navy sailors in Istanbul "ugly and disturbing." The sailors were roughed up Wednesday by a dozen or more anti-American protesters. The spokesman says the attackers "bring great discredit upon the Turks and the Turkish reputation for hospitality." The sailors weren't hurt and safely returned to their ship.
NEW YORK (AP) — Officials in New York City don't know why a window-washing scaffold abruptly developed slack and tilted sharply, swaying slightly in the wind on the facade of the nation's tallest building today. Two men were trapped on the dangling platform nearly 70 stories up 1 World Trade Center for nearly two hours. Firefighters cut through a window to reach them.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A swarm of earthquakes since July in the remote desert linking Oregon, California and Nevada can be traced to the constant stretching of the Earth's crust. That's according to a researcher at the University of Nevada who says the Sierra Nevada is moving northwest about a half-inch a year. It's leaving gaps in Nevada's northwestern corner, where one fault has produced hundreds of small quakes.
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