Vancouver's UrtheCast Cameras Headed For Space Station

VANCOUVER - There were cheers and the clinking of champagne glasses when two Canadian space cameras blasted off for the International Space Station on Monday aboard an unmanned Russian spacecraft. The cameras -- one shoots photos, the other streams video -- are expected to begin transmitting high-definition images of the Earth on the Internet early next year. The two cameras, which were developed by Vancouver-based UrtheCast Corp., were part of the three tons of food, fuel and supplies that will...