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September 18, 2006

ANN Special Feature: EAA Vice President Earl Lawrence on the FAA's Look at the 51% Amateur-Built Rule

Yesterday we reported the FAA has launched a committee aimed at looking over the way manufacturers and builder-assist programs help pilots who want to construct their own planes. Joining me from Os

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Chemical Leak Causes Tense Moments On ISS

Problem Generator Powered Down; Should Not Affect Expedition 14 Docking

A big scare in space Monday... as NASA flight controllers declared an emergency aboard the International Space Station, when the three-member crew noticed what they first described as smoke, and smelled a foul odor.

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 09.18.06 0020 EDT: Approximately 15 minutes ago, a Soyuz TMA-9 spacecraft blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, US astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, and 'space tourist' Anousheh Ansari onward to a Wednesday rendezvous with the International Space Station.

Remembering The "Other" Original Astronauts

Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace II and Brigadier General Donald Flickinger were nurturing an idea. Fresh from being part of the selection for the Mercury 7 astronauts, these two men thought women had the potential for spaceflight and might offer advantages over male candidates.