As hundreds of onlookers watched, the 171,860 pound (86 ton) space shuttle Independence replica gently rose off its mobile transporter and onto the the NASA905 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
At least 127 people were killed Friday when an airliner missed the runway and crashed in bad weather while attempting to land at an airport in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Passengers on a Middle East Airlines flight bound for Beirut began to scuffle with crewmembers when the plane got stuck on the ground at London's Heathrow Airport for several hours.