Official: Solar plane to help energy use on ground
The plane parked outside the airport looks more like a giant exotic insect or maybe an outsized balsa wood toy airplane. When it's in flight, there's ...
Tereshkova marks 50 years of her historic flight
It was another Soviet first in space 50 years ago — putting a woman in orbit. And 26-year old Valentina Tereshkova carried her part with grace, ...
Chinese craft blasts into space on docking mission
A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country's fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from ...
China marks decade of human spaceflight
China's astronauts have braved the tension of docking with a space station and performed delicate tasks outside their orbiting capsule, but now face ...
Astronauts face radiation threat on long Mars trip
Astronauts traveling to and from Mars would be bombarded with as much radiation as they'd get from a full-body CT scan about once a week for a year, ...
NASA head views progress on asteroid lasso mission
Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid ...
Solar plane completes 2nd leg of trip in Texas
A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States. The Solar Impulse is making the first attempt ...
Students in Ghana launch mini-satellite
Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow ...
Solar plane lands in Ariz., 1st leg of major trip
Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet ...
Virgin Galactic spaceship makes 1st powered flight
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company ...
Sun-powered plane completes California test flight
A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe took to the skies Friday over the San Francisco Bay area in a successful test flight.
An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget
President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ...
Senator: NASA to lasso asteroid, bring it closer
NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday.
Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun
It's the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead, will take it easy this ...
Solar plane plans stops in Phoenix, Dallas, NYC
A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, D.C.
SpaceX Dragon cargo ship splashes into Pacific
The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station — and a bunch of well-used ...
Boeing worker mentors 'Barefoot Bandit' in prison
Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last ...
Radar reveals apparent buried channels on Mars
The face of Mars is dotted with a maze of channels, pointing to possible ancient megaflood episodes. Now scientists peering below the surface have ...
NASA Mars rover in safe mode; science halted
Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer. NASA says the ...
SpaceX company fixes Dragon capsule problem
A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday.
China sets its 5th manned space mission for summer
China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger ...
Tycoon wants to send married couple on Mars flyby
It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built ...
NASA Mars rover analyzing powder from drilled rock
The Mars rover Curiosity has successfully transferred a pinch of rock dust to its onboard laboratories for inspection, two weeks after drilling into ...
Ahmadinejad unveils Iran's newest fighter jet
Iran on Saturday unveiled its newest combat jet, a domestically manufactured fighter-bomber that military officials claim can evade radar.
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