Japan asteroid probe to lift off Monday after delay
Japan on Monday will launch a space probe on a six-year mission to mine a distant asteroid after the event was postponed due to bad weather, officials said.
View ArticleJapan again delays launch of asteroid probe
Japan on Sunday delayed the launch of a space probe designed to mine an asteroid for a second time due to bad weather.
View ArticleJapanese space explorer to blow crater in asteroid
A Japanese space explorer took off Wednesday on a six-year journey to blow a crater in a remote asteroid and bring back rock samples in hopes of gathering clues to the origin of Earth.
View ArticleFour large objects detected in AirAsia wreckage hunt
Indonesian officials said Saturday that they were confident wreckage of AirAsia Flight 8501 had been located after sonar equipment detected four massive objects on the ocean floor.
View ArticleSearch area shifts slightly for crashed AirAsia plane
The search operation for AirAsia Flight 8501 will spread slightly eastward on Tuesday as the weather and currents drag wreckage in that direction, the head of Indonesia's rescue agency said.
View ArticleDivers enter water in search of wreckage from AirAsia jet
At least two divers plunged into the choppy waters early Wednesday during a break in the bad weather to search for two large objects suspected of being chunks of the fuselage of the AirAsia plane that...
View ArticleJapan to launch new spy satellite
Japan's government said it will launch a back-up spy satellite on Sunday, after cancelling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.
View ArticleJapan launches new spy satellite
Japan on Sunday successfully launched a back-up spy satellite, its aerospace agency said, after cancelling an earlier lift-off due to bad weather.
View ArticleSolar Impulse plane to land in Japan due to bad weather
A solar plane attempting to fly around the world without a drop of fuel plans to make an unscheduled stop Monday night in Nagoya, Japan, because of bad weather.
View ArticleSolar Impulse plane lands in Japan to wait out bad weather
A solar-powered plane attempting to circle the globe without a drop of fuel made an unscheduled landing late Monday in Japan to wait out bad weather.
View ArticleNASA 'flying saucer' launch set for Friday
Bad weather led the US space agency to postpone until Friday the first test of the largest parachute ever deployed, with the view of one day using it to land on Mars.
View ArticleBad weather delays NASA 'flying saucer' launch again
The test launch of a NASA flying saucer equipped with a supersonic parachute that may one day help spacecraft land on Mars was postponed again Friday due to bad weather.
View ArticleSolar Impulse Japan take off postponed
A solar-powered plane on a mission to fly around the world was back in its mobile hangar Wednesday, after take off from Japan was postponed at the 11th hour because of bad weather over the Pacific Ocean.
View ArticleSolar Impulse could be stuck in Japan for a year: pilot
A solar-powered plane attempting to fly around the world must cross the Pacific within a few weeks or it could remain stuck in Japan for a year, its pilot said in an interview published Thursday.
View ArticleHigh-tech pipelines aim to cut freight traffic
When it comes to moving freight around Europe, road transport remains a driving force. But trucks get stuck in traffic and pollute the environment. Now innovators are looking below the surface at a...
View ArticleGoogle expects partners for self-driving car project
Google plans to partner with automakers on its self-driving car project, but is not yet ready to announce anything concrete, the head of the project said Tuesday.
View ArticleJapan launches satellite to study black holes
Japan successfully launched a jointly developed space observation satellite on Wednesday tasked with studying mysterious black holes, the country's space agency said.
View ArticleRobotics expert: Self-driving cars not ready for deployment
Self-driving cars are "absolutely not" ready for widespread deployment despite a rush to put them to put them on the road, a robotics expert warned Tuesday.
View ArticleSouth American floods kill 12, force mass evacuations
Severe storms and flooding across South America's "southern cone" have killed at least 12 people and forced thousands to evacuate, with more bad weather on the way.
View ArticleArchaeological dig set to resume at Malcolm X home in Boston
Researchers are returning to the boyhood home of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X to resume an archaeological dig.
View ArticleLightning strike kills more than 300 reindeer in Norway
More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in central Norway.
View ArticleTesla planning upgrade to semi-autonomous Autopilot system
Tesla Motors is planning improvements to its semi-autonomous Autopilot system after a fatal crash earlier this summer.
View ArticleWeather delays resumption of SpaceX's rocket launches
Bad weather has postponed SpaceX's plan to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket until at least January 14, the California-based private space firm said.
View ArticleImage: Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite takes us over part of the western Netherlands on 16 March, with the capital city of Amsterdam at the centre of the image.
View ArticleEverest rescuers retrieve bodies of two Indian climbers
Rescuers have retrieved the bodies of two Indian climbers who died on Mount Everest last year but whose remains could not be moved due to bad weather, an official said Thursday.
View ArticleHonda plans mostly self-driving car, follows Waymo, others
Honda said Thursday that it will have highly automated personal cars on the road by 2025.
View ArticleConflict and climate change lead to a rise in global hunger
Last year about 11 per cent of the total human population (approximately 850 million people on the planet) suffered from daily hunger, according to a recent United Nations report on the state of food...
View ArticleFord-controlled company acquires laser detection firm
Ford Motor Co.'s autonomous car software and robotics subsidiary has purchased a laser detection company.
View ArticleImage: Thurston island
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission gives us 'radar vision' over part of Antarctica's third-largest island, Thurston Island.
View ArticleWhy the Republican Party may have an advantage when it rains: Voters change...
Bad weather affects U.S. voter turnout and election outcomes with past research demonstrating that the Republican Party has the advantage. A new study by researchers at Dartmouth College and The...
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