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European cargo craft undocks from space station
The European Space Agency says its cargo craft has successfully undocked from the International Space Station after a failed separation caused by ...
China launches 2nd satellite built for Venezuela
China has launched a second satellite built for Venezuela's government. The remote sensing satellite soared into orbit atop a rocket from the ...
Nissan offers Leaf discounts to spur sales
Nissan is offering cheap leases and big discounts on the Leaf because of slow sales of the all-electric car. Nissan Motor Co. sold only 4,228 Leafs ...
Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream
The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars — a find that ...
Fight over canola pits biofuels vs. organics
Wet winters and cool, dry summers make Oregon's Willamette Valley one of the best places on the globe to produce seeds for organic broccoli, cabbage, ...
Space station may move to avoid passing junk
The International Space Station may have to move to avoid some space junk. NASA said debris from an old Russian satellite and a fragment from an ...
European cargo fails to undock from space station
The European Space Agency says the undocking of its cargo craft from the International Space Station has been postponed after a communication ...
California governor signs driverless cars bill
Gov. Jerry Brown rode to Google headquarters in a self-driving Toyota Prius before signing legislation Tuesday that will pave the way for driverless ...
Astronauts may play role in Mars robotic missions
NASA's future plans to explore Mars may end up using astronauts as space messengers. The new idea surfaced as a special team looking for a new Mars ...
Tesla unveils faster electric car charging station
Tesla Motors Inc. unveiled a solar-powered charging station on Monday that it said will make refueling electric vehicles on long trips about as fast ...
East Coast weather satellite fails, spare used
The U.S. weather satellite that tracks the East Coast and Atlantic hurricanes is broken. Meteorologists are scrambling to fill in lost data for ...
Toyota plans expanded range of hybrids
Toyota Motor Corp. is boosting its green vehicle lineup, with plans for 21 new hybrids in the next three years, a new electric car later this year and ...
Decades of federal dollars helped fuel gas boom
It sounds like a free-market success story: a natural gas boom created by drilling company innovation, delivering a vast new source of cheap energy ...
GM offers big discounts to boost Volt sales
General Motors rolled out the Chevrolet Volt two years ago with lofty sales goals and the promise of a new technology that someday would help end ...
After victory lap, Endeavor rolls to retirement
Space shuttle Endeavour rocketed beyond Earth orbit 25 times. Its 26th mission: A 12-mile commute through the streets of Los Angeles to its new ...
Endeavour gives Californians ultimate photo op
Rather than roaring to space on an elevator of flame, the shuttle Endeavour's final flight Friday was a leisurely, low-altitude journey past the ...
New NASA photo satellite to join 40-year mission
A fleet of picture-snapping NASA satellites that for 40 years has documented forest fires, tsunamis and everyday changes in the Earth's geography will ...
Endeavour salutes Giffords en route to California
Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former ...
What's it like to fly a plane with shuttle on top?
It's the ultimate piggyback ride: A space shuttle perched atop a Boeing 747 as the pair crisscrosses the country. For three decades, this was how NASA ...
Eclipse season on Mars, so Curiosity took photos
On Mars, a partial eclipse of the sun isn't quite as rare as on Earth. So NASA's Mars Curiosity rover is snapping hundreds of pictures of the ...
Space shuttle Endeavour has Houston stopover
Waving American flags and space shuttle toys, hundreds of people lined the streets and crowded the airport Wednesday as they watched space shuttle ...
Retired shuttle Endeavour lands for Houston stop
Space shuttle Endeavour has landed in Houston for a one-day stop on its trek west to retirement in a California museum. The shuttle, atop a modified ...
Southwest needs power lines to become solar hub
Pick any stretch of road slicing through the American Southwest. The sun beats down on the asphalt like nowhere else and heat waves distort the ...
Space shuttle Endeavour stuck at home in Florida
Space shuttle Endeavour apparently doesn't want to leave home. NASA's youngest shuttle was supposed to depart Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday ...