NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, or UARS, is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in late September or early October 2011, almost six years after the end of a productive scientific life. Although the spacecraft will break into pieces during re-entry, not all of it will burn up in the atmosphere.
NEW YORK-The United Nations today marked the 10th anniversary of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States with a solemn commemoration in the General Assembly Hall, music, poetry and a vow to intensify the battle against terror wherever it is perpetrated in the world.
JUNEAU, ALASKA-Governor Sean Parnell has ordered all flags (in accordance with Public Law 107-89) at public facilities be flown at half-staff throughout Alaska on Sunday, September 11, 2011, in observance of Patriot Day.
WASHINGTON D.C.-Security has been stepped up by authorities in Washington D.C. and New York today as they act on credible information that a terrorist attack by car bomb as the anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 draws near.