Something went wrong during today’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship, and the world was able to watch how it was handled...
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India’s space shuttle prototype executes test flight and makes a splash landing
India’s space agency says it put its winged space shuttle prototype, known as the RLV-TD, through a successful first test flight today.
In...
After 17-hour flight, Solar Impulse plane lands in Ohio, home of the Wright Brothers
The Swiss-built...
Solar Impulse round-the-world plane lands in California after 2.5-day flight
Two and a half days after setting out from Hawaii, pilot Bertrand Piccard made a picture-postcard arrival in California...
Solar Impulse gears up to resume fuel-free flight around the world in Hawaii
More than a year after the odyssey began, the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project is ready to resume its round-the-world, solar-powered airplane...
Video: Jeff Bezos shares drone’s-eye view of Blue Origin spaceship’s flight
Saturday’s test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital spaceship marked lots of milestones, including the...
Jeff Bezos live-tweets ‘flawless’ test flight of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spaceship
Egyptian enrolled in US flight school to be deported after taking to Facebook to threaten Trump
An Egyptian student enrolled in a US flight school is in custody and facing deportation after posting threatening comments against Donald Trump to Facebook, according to a story in The Guardian newspaper.
Emad El-Sayed said...
Boeing’s fuel-saving 737 MAX jet gets a ‘wow’ review after first flight
Boeing’s newest breed of airplane, the fuel-efficient 737 MAX, took to the air for the first time today – and the first pilots to fly it had nothing but glowing reviews. “This is our first airplane of our second century,...
SpaceX returns to flight with Falcon 9 rocket launch – and lands in Florida!
SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket for the first time in six months today, and then brought he first-stage booster back down for a first-ever Florida landing. “The Falcon has landed!” SpaceX’s launch commentator announced. Hundreds of SpaceX employees cheered the...