AP - Voracious carp that can literally throw themselves right into boats and pose a major ecological threat to Midwestern rivers and lakes could someday be a meal at the local zoo.

AP - An oxygen generator on the international space station overheated and spilled a toxic irritant Monday, forcing the three-man crew to don masks and gloves in the first emergency ever declared aboard the 8-year-old orbiting outpost.

AFP - The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to undock from the International Space Station after astronauts fitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station's power generating capacity.

AFP - Shuttle Atlantis soared into space on its way to the International Space Station for the first construction mission since the 2003 Columbia tragedy.

AP - After a week of weather delays, NASA officials on Thursday set a Wednesday launch time for space shuttle Atlantis on its mission to resume construction of the international space station.

AP - Five hours after starting space shuttle Atlantis on a slow crawl toward its protective garage, NASA changed course Tuesday and sent it back to the launch pad, saying the forecasts for Tropical Storm Ernesto had improved.