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December 16, 2019

Report: Boeing considers cutting production of 737 Max

Boeing may cut production of the grounded 737 Max jet or temporarily stop making it after being told that its timetable for ...

December 16, 2019

Protests turn violent for 2nd day in Lebanon's capital

Lebanese security forces fired tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons Sunday to disperse hundreds of protesters for a ...

December 12, 2019

Boeing's crew capsule declared ready for 1st space flight

Boeing's Starliner crew capsule finally has a launch date for its first test flight to the International Space Station.

December 12, 2019

Southwest to share $125M from Boeing settlement with workers

Southwest Airlines will share about $125 million with its employees after reaching a partial settlement with Boeing over ...

December 11, 2019

Blue Origin launches, lands same rocket record 6 times

Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos' space company, has scored another successful spaceflight. Blue Origin used the same rocket for the ...

December 11, 2019

FAA analysis predicted many more Max crashes without a fix

After the first crash of a Boeing 737 Max last year, federal safety officials estimated that there could be 15 more fatal ...

December 10, 2019

Chile combs Antarctic for missing plane with 38 aboard

Searchers using planes, ships and satellites were combing Antarctic seas on Tuesday, hunting for a Chilean Air Force ...

December 10, 2019

Families of crash passengers want wider review of Boeing Max

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration will face questions about whether the agency is too cozy with Boeing when he ...

December 08, 2019

SpaceX delivers 'mighty mice,' worms, robot to space station

SpaceX made an early holiday delivery to the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing muscle-bound “mighty mice,” ...

December 06, 2019

Correction: California High School Shooting story

In a story Nov. 21 about the unregistered gun used in a shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, The ...

December 06, 2019

Nobel laureates chat with International Space Station crew

Winning a Nobel Prize is an achievement is a class of its own. But it might be even cooler to be an astronaut. That's the ...

December 06, 2019

Russian supply ship lifts off to International Space Station

An automatic Russian supply ship carrying tons of supplies successfully blasted off Friday heading for the International ...

December 06, 2019

Watchdog faults rushed EPA rulemaking on glider trucks

The Trump administration rushed to exempt a type of super-polluting cargo truck from clean air rules without conducting a ...

December 05, 2019

Boeing tries to reassure airline industry leaders about Max

Boeing is reassuring airline industry leaders about the safety of the grounded 737 Max as it continues working to get the ...

December 05, 2019

CEO: Virgin Galactic marks 'incredible' year of milestones

Virgin Galactic is on the verge of making more history in 2020 following an “incredible” year of progress, the chief ...

December 05, 2019

SpaceX launches beer malt, caring robot and 'mighty mice'

SpaceX launched a 3-ton shipment to the International Space Station on Thursday, including “mighty mice” for a muscle study, ...

December 05, 2019

Surprising 1st results from NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft

NASA's sun-skimming spacecraft, the Parker Solar Probe, is surprising scientists with its unprecedented close views of our ...

December 04, 2019

Kansas GOP congressman faces probe of voter registration

Authorities plan to investigate whether a freshman Kansas congressman broke state laws by listing a UPS Inc. store as his ...

December 04, 2019

SpaceX delays space station delivery due to high wind

SpaceX has delayed its delivery to the International Space Station because of dangerous wind gusts. The Falcon 9 rocket came ...