(AP) -- When a computer system that distributes flight plans nationwide came rolling to a halt this week because of a software glitch, so did airplanes on tarmacs from Orlando to Chicago. The ensuing delays drove home just how easily an apparently isolated problem can trigger network-wide disarray in the country's aging air traffic control system.
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FAA telecom upgrade reaches IP milestone
The new Internet Protocol backbone for the Federal Aviation Administration's telecom upgrade project has been completed.
Science teacher delivers lesson from under the sea
Sixty-three feet below the ocean's surface, the science teacher was giving his morning lesson. "Hi, and welcome to Aquarius for our third and final broadcast from this mission," Mark Tohulka told his third-period marine biology students, watching via webcam from their classroom at MAST Academy in Key Biscayne.
Archeology of homelessness
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Would-be Japanese space tourist wants $21M back
(AP) -- Japanese millionaire Daisuke Enomoto had planned to dress up as his favorite cartoon character in outer space and spent $21 million to make it happen. Now he claims the company that was supposed make his dream come true brushed him aside with little more than a "sorry, no refunds."
Shuttle gives space station a mile-high boost
(AP) -- Space shuttle Endeavour provided an orbital lift to the attached international space station on Friday as the astronauts encountered more problems with a new water recycling system.
Shuttle, astronauts prep for mid-mission reboost
(AP) -- Astronauts at the international space station prepared to work on a urine-recycling contraption and re-fire the space shuttle's thrusters Friday, before enjoying a half-day off to reboost their own energy.