ACROSS THE COSMOS, A HELLO.(MAIN)

Byline: ERICA WERNER Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- NASA successfully bridged 7.4 billion miles of space to contact the Pioneer 10 spacecraft on the 30th anniversary of its launch, officials said Saturday.

Scientists beamed a message to the craft Friday from a radio telescope in the desert east of Los Angeles. A radio telescope in Spain got the response 22 hours 6 minutes later, said Larry Lasher, mission project …