Volcanic ash halts European flights A plume of volcanic ash from Iceland has halted flights across Europe as authorities shut down airspace in Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia, stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers. U.S. flights are on hold. Christopher Elliott, National Geographic Traveler magazine’s reader advocate and Navigator columnist, was online today at Noon ET […]
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Shuttle Lifts Off for Space Station
Shuttle Lifts Off for Space Station Lighting up the predawn sky, the space shuttle Discovery climbed out of darkness and into the glare of the rising sun early Monday, putting on a spectacular sky show as it thundered away on a mission to resupply the International Space Station. Carrying a crew of seven and 10 […]