On The Fly…

A Yak-40 airliner crashed Tuesday in Uzbekistan, all 36 aboard died…Pres. Bush yesterday proposed lunar base, retirement of Space Shuttle…Solo flyer Gus McLeod to try again for South Pole, perhaps tomorrow.

A Yakovlev-40 airliner crashed Tuesday on approach to the airport in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. All 36 aboard were killed...

President Bush yesterday proposed a $1 billion boost for NASA's budget, and called for a lunar base and retirement of the aging Space Shuttle by 2010...

Solo circumnavigator Gus McLeod plans to try again for the South Pole, perhaps as soon as tomorrow.