Space

Los Angeles, CA, November 6 -- Space agency NASA and Spaceward, a private foundation, are holding a competition for the teams that can send an elevator half a mile into the sky on a cable suspended from a helicopter.

Washington -- The U.S. space agency says it will televise the docking of the newest Russian module to arrive at the International Space Station.

Cape Canaveral -- The U.S. space agency says blogs and tweets will be part of the upcoming launch of space shuttle Atlantis and its mission to the International Space Station.

Darmstadt -- The European Space Agency says its Rosetta spacecraft will fly by Earth for the last time this month, gaining speed for a 10-year journey to explore a comet.

College station -- The U.S. space agency has awarded a Texas A&M University professor a grant to analyze and forecast Martian weather.

Pasadena -- NASA says its Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed another flyby of Saturn's moon Enceladus and is sending data from the event back to Earth.

Cape Canaveral -- The NASA astronauts scheduled for the STS-129 mission to the International Space Station practiced procedures Tuesday aboard space shuttle Atlantis.

Washington -- NASA says its Messenger spacecraft has made its third and final flyby of Mercury, providing, for the first time, a nearly complete view of the planet.

Washington -- Masten Space Systems of Mojave, Calif., has been declared the first-place winner of NASA's Lunar Lander Challenge, sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Corp.

Lorrane -- French scientists say the prolific virulence and growth of bacteria in space, coupled with reduced production of antibodies, might limit future space travel.