Navy divers will use side-scan sonar to find satellite debris

Navy divers operating from NASA's booster recovery vessels will use side-scan sonar to pinpoint wreckage on the ocean floor of the $1 billion National Reconnaissance Office signals intelligence satellite lost in the Aug. 12 Titan IVA launch failure, the Air Force said yesterday. A team of 15 Navy...

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