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South Korea: NKorea's satellite orbiting normally
A satellite North Korea launched aboard a long-range rocket is orbiting normally, South Korean officials said Thursday, following a defiant liftoff ...
NKorea hails launch despite risk of consequences
North Korea, though struggling to feed its people, is now one of the few countries to have successfully launched a satellite into space from its own ...
Indy to replace entire fleet with electric, hybrid
Indianapolis is aiming to become the first major U.S. city to replace its entire fleet with environmentally friendly vehicles, in a move the mayor ...
A look at North Korea's missile arsenal
North Korea's missile program is a point of national pride, with state TV regularly broadcasting past liftoffs set to rousing military anthems.
US expert says NKorea rocket launches satellite
An American space expert said North Korea has succeeded in launching a satellite into space. Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for ...
Mali's PM forced to resign, after arrest by junta
Soldiers arrested Mali's prime minister and forced him to resign before dawn on Tuesday, showing that the military remains the real power in this ...
Air Force sends mystery mini-shuttle back to space
The military's small, top-secret version of the space shuttle rocketed into orbit Tuesday for a repeat mystery mission, two years after making the ...
Kazakhstan mulls ending Russia's cosmodrome lease
The head of Kazakhstan's space agency said Monday that Russia's lease of a launch facility in the Central Asian nation, the only site worldwide ...
Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns
Many motorists don't know it, but it's likely that every time they get behind the wheel, there's a snitch along for the ride. The National Highway ...
To the moon? Firm hopes to sell $1.5 billion trips
Attention wealthy nations and billionaires: A team of former NASA executives will fly you to the moon in an out-of-this-world commercial venture ...
Middle East beginning to embrace solar energy
Covering nearly 300 football fields in a remote patch of desert, the Shams 1 solar project carries off plenty of symbolic significance for the United ...
Expert panel: NASA seems lost in space, needs goal
NASA, the agency that epitomized the "Right Stuff," seems lost in space and doesn't have a clear sense of where it is going, an independent panel of ...
Astronaut braces for unprecedented year in space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is already bracing for an unprecedented one-year mission aboard the International Space Station. He figures it will be as ...
Mars redux: NASA to launch Curiosity-like rover
If you thought NASA's latest Mars landing was a nail-biter, get ready for a sequel. The space agency on Tuesday announced plans to launch another ...
Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate
Salmon that's been genetically modified to grow twice as fast as normal could soon show up on your dinner plate. That is, if the company that makes ...
Rover Opportunity may be at clay-rich site on Mars
After rolling around the Martian plains for more than eight years, the Opportunity rover finally found a spot believed to be rich in clay minerals, ...
NASA: Voyager 1 enters new region of solar system
The unstoppable Voyager 1 spacecraft has sailed into a new realm of the solar system that scientists did not know existed. Voyager 1 and its twin, ...
Mars rover Curiosity: No surprise in 1st soil test
NASA's Curiosity rover has indeed found something in the Martian dirt. But so far, there's no definitive sign of the chemical ingredients necessary ...
11 hot cars at the LA Auto Show
The Los Angeles Auto Show opens to the public Friday. Here are some of the most talked-about vehicles that will be making their world debuts at the ...
NKorea speculation overshadows SKorean rocket
South Korea on Thursday scrapped an attempt to fire its first satellite into orbit from its own soil amid speculation that North Korea was preparing ...
Fiat 500 adds electric and big versions to lineup
The Fiat 500 is getting bigger and going electric. Two new versions of the Italian-styled mini-car are appearing at the Los Angeles Auto Show this ...
GM rolls out new electric mini-car at LA Auto Show
General Motors is giving its Chevrolet Spark a jolt of electricity. An all-electric version of the mini-car will debut this week at the Los Angeles ...
China praises engineer in aircraft carrier program
China's government gave hero's praise to a senior engineer on its aircraft carrier program who died of a heart attack after witnessing the first ...
US twin astronaut, Russian to spend year in orbit
A former space shuttle commander whose twin brother is married to former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords will attempt the longest spaceflight ever by an ...
Nissan upgrades Leaf electric car, lowers price
The upgraded Nissan Motor Co. Leaf electric car can travel further without recharging, comes in a cheaper model and tells drivers how much battery ...