Hurricanes delay shuttle
The four hurricanes that hit Florida recently have delayed plans for the space shuttle’s return to orbit in March. NASA lost time protecting the Kennedy Space Center against the impending hurricanes, and then had to repair the damage they caused. The next two launch windows are in May and July.
Poised to erupt
Mount St Helens is on an eruption alert after a plume of steam belched from its crater on 2 October. The outburst followed a week of shallow earthquakes. Since then, the volcano in Washington has experienced larger tremors and its crater floor has risen,…
