Aviation & Travel
After setbacks, Russia boosts space spending
The country that oversaw the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite hopes to regain some of its former glory with a big boost in space spending announced by Russia
Three-nation crew blasts off for space station
A Soyuz spacecraft carrying a Russian, an American and a Canadian blasted off on Wednesday to the International Space Station (ISS), where the men are to spend half a year
U.S. military’s secret mini-shuttle lifts off from Florida
An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket carrying a small robotic space shuttle lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Tuesday for the third flight in a classified
Voyager 1 probe leaving solar system reaches “magnetic highway” exit
NASA’s long-lived Voyager 1 spacecraft, which is heading out of the solar system, has reached a “magnetic highway” leading to interstellar space, scientists said on Monday. The probe, launched 35
NASA’s Mars rover finds traces of carbon – one essential for life
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, dispatched to look for the chemical ingredients and environments for microbial life, has found hints of carbon, though whether this building block for life on Earth
Airbus A350 XWB ready for static tests
The long awaited A350 XWB static test airframe has moved into the facility where it will undergo testing to validate the structural design of this next-generation jetliner. The Airbus airframe
U.S. astronaut, Russian cosmonaut to spend a year in space
Two veterans of the International Space Station will return for an experimental year-long stay aboard the orbital outpost, a test run for future missions to the moon, asteroids and Mars,
Air India’s direct flight to Delhi takes off December 3
Air India will begin daily flights from New Delhi to Dhaka from December 3 to grab a slice of higher traffic flows between the two capital cities, said a high
New Satellite Will Be Space Mechanic and Gas Station in One
A young spaceflight company is building what it hopes will be the ultimate space handyman, a combination repair droid and orbital gas station to serve ailing satellites around Earth. The
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