Military drones zero in on $400 billion civilian market
Military drone technology, which has revolutionized warfare over the last decade, will be ready for civilian use within four years and could create a market worth more than $400 billion.
Last NASA space shuttle becomes museum piece
NASA’s last space shuttle rolled out of a hangar in Florida on Friday and traveled down the road to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to begin a new life
THURAYA names new Chairman Mr. Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar
Thuraya Shareholders elect Mr. Ahmad Abdulkarim Julfar as the Company’s new Chairman and Dr. Daniel Ritz as a new Member of its Board of Directors As Group CEO of
Gatwick Airport Planning Second Runway
Gatwick Airport bosses have started to draw up detailed options for a new runway which could help resolve the UK’s air capacity crisis. But Gatwick said it would honour a
Thuraya Launches The Mobile Satellite Industry’s Fastest Handheld Hotspot
Thuraya Launches The Mobile Satellite Industry’s Fastest Handheld Hotspot, Thuraya XT-Hotspot is a pocket-size router that creates a Wi-Fi zone. UAE-based mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, yesterday launched
SpaceX cargo ship reaches International Space Station
Astronauts plucked a commercial cargo ship from orbit on Wednesday and attached it to the International Space Station, marking the reopening of a U.S. supply line to the orbital outpost
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82
Neil Armstrong, born on August 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, was an American astronaut. He died on August 26, 2012, at the age of 82. Neil Armstrong, the first man to
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program Making Progress on Future of American Human Spaceflight
Through innovative partnerships with commercial rocket and spacecraft developers, NASA is making great strides to advance America’s next human space transportation systems. In 2010, President Barack Obama set the agency
NASA rover closing in on Mars to hunt for life clues
NASA’s Mars rover was on its final approach to the red planet on Sunday, heading toward a mountain that may hold clues about whether life has ever existed on Mars,
Sun Emits a Medium-Intensity Solar Flare
The sun emitted a mid-level flare, peaking at 4:55 PM EDT on July 28, 2012. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through
Homemade South Korean satellite to go boldly into space
Years of rummaging through back-alley electronics stores will pay off later this year for a South Korean artist when he fulfills his dream of launching a homemade, basement-built satellite into
In New Mexico, daredevil skydives from 18 miles above Earth
An Austrian daredevil jumped from a balloon flying at an altitude more than 18 miles above Earth on Wednesday, falling at speeds topping 500 miles per hour (805 kilometers per