Five days after a failed launch, the Russian Soyuz rocket system has been pressed back into service. The vehicle successfully put six spacecraft in orbit for US satellite phone and data

Japan has picked Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as its next-generation mainstay fighter, choosing the radar-evading plane ahead of Boeing’s F/A-18 and the Eurofighter Typhoon. Lockheed is developing

The expression goes, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And right now there is a need for NASA and the United States to have reliable access to low Earth orbit

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope presents a festive holiday greeting that’s out of this world. The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched

Russian Avtobaza — Iran’s Possible Drone Killer Speculation is running rampant after Iran claimed to have shot down a US RQ-170 surveillance drone Sunday, and while Tehran has yet to

Syria is undergoing serious shifts within its borders. With civilian deaths numbering more than 4,000, and stories of human rights horrors pouring from the country on a daily basis, Syrian

Japan Airlines (JAL) has revealed the first four international routes to be flown with its Boeing 787s, although the carrier now expects first delivery of the aircraft will slip to

Lufthansa Technik, which this week is using a Boeing 747-8 test aircraft, N6067U, for entry-into-service preparations, is evaluating which of the 45,000 spare parts it will buy as part of

Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Airlines hauled key parts of the launch vehicle utilized for NASA’s historic, multibillion-dollar mission to Mars. The carrier, which has worked with NASA in the past, employed an

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin takes the lead in this week’s Strange hall of shame. The actor threw a hissy fit after being told to turn off his phone on an

The United States on Friday rejected a European Union plan to eliminate subsidies provided to Airbus (EAD.PA) and said it would request authorization from the World Trade Organization to impose

Flying home for the holidays is always a bit of a hassle, but it’s nice to know some airlines are doing what they can to ease you through the process.