Rocket blasts off with new NASA communications satellite
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An unmanned Atlas 5 rocket blasted off on Wednesday to put the first of a new generation of NASA communications satellites into orbit, where it will...
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Space shuttle Columbia's second life - as a cautionary tale
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Columbia's flying days came to an abrupt and tragic end on February 1, 2003, when a broken wing gave way, dooming the seven astronauts...
View ArticleRussian rocket falls into sea in failed launch: reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A rocket carrying a communications satellite suffered engine trouble and plunged into the Pacific Ocean shortly after launch on Friday, Russian news agencies reported.The...
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Blimps to bolster Washington's air shield in test
By Jim WolfWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A pair of big, blimp-like craft, moored to the ground and flying as high as 10,000 feet, are to be added to a high-tech shield designed to protect the Washington D.C....
View ArticleArctic nations' oil spill plans too vague: environmentalists
By Environment Correspondent Alister DoyleOSLO (Reuters) - Plans by Arctic nations to start cooperating over oil spills are vague and fail to define corporate liability for any accidents in an icy...
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Asteroid may have killed dinosaurs quicker than scientists thought
By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Dinosaurs died off about 33,000 years after an asteroid hit the Earth, much sooner than scientists had believed, and the asteroid may not have been the...
View ArticleU.S. professor finds longest prime number with 17,425,170 digits
By Kevin MurphyKANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - After running 1,000 computers non-stop for 39 days to uncover the world's largest prime number yet, a Missouri college professor said this week he is...
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NASA's robotic rover Curiosity drills into Martian rock
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, NASA's rover Curiosity used its on-board drill to collect a sample of Martian bedrock that might offer evidence of a long-gone wet environment, the U.S. space...
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NASA rover drills into its first Martian rock
By Irene and KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Mars rover Curiosity drilled into the Martian surface for the first time as part of an effort to learn if the planet most like Earth in the...
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New Landsat Earth-monitoring satellite launched from California
By IRENE KLOTZCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - - A new satellite to keep tabs on Earth's changing landscape rocketed into orbit on Monday, ensuring continuation of a 40-year-old photo archive...
View ArticlePentagon stands by use of lithium-ion batteries on F-35 fighters
By Andrea Shalal-EsaWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said it plans to continue using lithium-ion batteries on the new F-35 fighter jet despite problems with similar batteries that have grounded...
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Tycoons Slim, Gates open Mexico agricultural research center
By David Alire GarciaTEXCOCO (Reuters) - Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, inaugurated a new agricultural research center outside Mexico's capital, touting the millions...
View ArticleU.S.-based inventors lead world in nanotechnology patents: study
By Erin Geiger Smith(Reuters) - Inventors based in the United States led the world in nanotechnology patent applications and grants in 2012, according to a new study by law firm McDermott Will &...
View ArticleAsteroid to pass close by Earth on Friday
By Irene KlotzBOSTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered asteroid about half the size of a football field will pass nearer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, giving scientists a...
View ArticleTyrannosaurus at center of custody case going home to Mongolia
By Chris FrancescaniNEW YORK (Reuters) - A nearly complete 70-million-year-old tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton will be returned to Mongolia following the high-profile prosecution of a Florida...
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Russia cleans up after meteor blast injures more than 1,000
By Andrey KuzminCHELYABINSK, Russia (Reuters) - Thousands of Russian emergency workers went out on Saturday to clear up the damage from a meteor that exploded over the Ural mountains, damaging...
View ArticleAncient asteroid strike in Australia "changed face of earth"
By Michael SinSYDNEY (Reuters) - A strike from a big asteroid more than 300 million years ago left a huge impact zone buried in Australia and changed the face of the earth, researchers said on...
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Aquarium fights to get disabled turtle swimming again
By Ruairidh VillarKOBE, Japan (Reuters) - Life looked grim for Yu, a loggerhead turtle, when she washed up in a Japanese fishing net five years ago, her front flippers shredded after a brutal encounter...
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-INTERVIEW-Orbital impatient with progress on new US satellite plan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orbital Sciences Corp worries that budget pressures and "old habits" may limit funding for the U.S. government's move toward smaller, less complex satellites aimed at avoiding...
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In a rarity, a meteor hit and an asteroid near-miss on same day
By Irene KlotzBOSTON (Reuters) - An asteroid half the size of a football field passed closer to Earth than any other known object of its size on Friday, the same day an unrelated and much smaller space...
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