A defense contractor under federal investigation over defective or counterfeit parts issued an international alert Friday because of a "nonconforming" microchip found inside a device designed to save military pilots from drowning. ...more

November 14, 2009

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — NASA says the booster rocket used in a test flight was badly dented when it fell into the Atlantic. ...more

October 29, 2009

NASA's newest rocket is stuck on the launch pad because of clouds and high wind. NASA will try again Wednesday. ...more

October 27, 2009

The conflict between freedom and benign governmental protectionism on occasion meet in strange ways. ...more

January 21, 2009

More than two miles over the flat east Pasco landscape, a twin-turbo Otter airplane disgorges two dozen spores. At least that's what they look like from the ground. They fall separately, then, a mile from the ground, pop their nylon blooms that open into colorful petals drifting safely, hopefully, to the ground. It's Christmas Boogie time at Zephyrhills Skydive City, and as usual, the celebration of warm weather, gravity and clean air to fill parachutes is in full swing, with people from around the world coming to jump out of airplanes. ...more

December 29, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

Martha Bleakley's grandfather helped design the water purification system for the Apollo space missions. ...more

August 27, 2008

After suffering two fatalities in 15 months, the NHRA is set to get serious about improving safety in its dangerous Funny Car class. The sanctioning body has completed a preliminary investigation into the crash at Englishtown, N.J., that killed Palmetto's Scott Kalitta on June 21 and has promised to do the following: ...more

July 2, 2008

A 49-year-old skydiver died Tuesday morning from injuries suffered when his tangled parachute failed to open Sunday, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

November 21, 2007

The kindergartners on the ground were beside themselves trying to spot the paratroopers plummeting downward from 9,000 feet above their school. ...more

November 21, 2007