Investigation cites maintenance error in fatal crash of Edwards Air Force Base jet. AN investigation has concluded a maintenance error led to the fatal crash of a T-38 jet in the Mojave Desert during an Air Force Test Pilot School training mission.

Seattle team wins $900,000 in NASA-backed 'space elevator' competition in Mojave Desert. A Seattle team has collected a $900,000 prize in a NASA-backed competition to develop the concept of an elevator to space ? an idea spurred by science fiction novels.

Defense: The Air Force airborne laser program successfully completes a simulated kill from a plane able to find, track and destroy a live ballistic missile. We can shoot down enemy missiles. Instead, we're shooting down the laser program.

Defense: The Air Force airborne laser program successfully completes a simulated kill from a plane able to find, track and destroy a live ballistic missile. We can shoot down enemy missiles. Instead, we're shooting down the laser program.

Air Force report on F-22 crash in Calif. says pilot nearly lost consciousness in maneuver. An Air Force F-22 Raptor jet fighter crashed in the California desert this year after the pilot apparently almost lost consciousness in a maneuver under high gravitational force then ejected because he was too low to recover, an investigation board found.

Astronauts on board the space shuttle Discovery were Thursday preparing to maneuver the craft away from a piece of debris, ahead of a bid to return to Earth which may be thwarted by bad weather.

Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon its first two attempts to land the space shuttle Discovery, with the next bid for a high-speed descent to Earth set for Friday.

The first opportunity to land the space shuttle Discovery has been abandoned due to thunderstorms and high winds around the landing site in Florida, NASA said Thursday.

Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon Thursday a first attempt to land the space shuttle Discovery, which earlier dodged debris as it prepared for a high-speed descent to Earth.

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery dodged a piece of orbiting debris Thursday, and began preparations for a high-speed descent to Earth despite fears over possible bad weather.

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery dodged a piece of orbiting debris Thursday, ahead of a bid to return to Earth that may be thwarted by bad weather.

Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon its first two attempts to land the space shuttle Discovery, with the next bid for a high-speed descent to Earth set for Friday.

Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon its first two attempts to land the space shuttle Discovery, with the next bid for a high-speed descent to Earth set for Friday.

Astronauts on board the space shuttle Discovery were Thursday preparing to maneuver the craft away from a piece of debris, ahead of a bid to return to Earth which may be thwarted by bad weather.

Shuttle Discovery astronauts awoke Friday eager for another round of attempts to land and bring to a close their now two-week-old supply mission to the International Space Station.

Thunderstorms and high winds forced NASA to abandon its first two attempts to land the space shuttle Discovery, with the next bid for a descent to Earth set for later Friday.

Shuttle Discovery astronauts awoke Friday eager for another round of attempts to land and bring to a close their now two-week-old supply mission to the International Space Station.

NASA officials dropped Friday's first bid to land the space shuttle Discovery as bad weather forced the astronauts to delay their return to Earth for the second day in a row.

Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery again prepared to try to return to Earth Friday after bad weather scuttled a series of landing attempts for two days in a row.

Astronauts aboard the shuttle Discovery were Friday preparing to land in California instead of at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after bad weather scuttled earlier attempts for the second day.