History of Science
Amazon's Bezos recovers Apollo 11 engines
Mar 20, 2013 16:22 EDT
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos claimed success Wednesday in his mission to recover Apollo 11 moon mission engines that plunged into the ocean decades ago.
Milestone for European navigation system
Mar 12, 2013 13:08 EDT
Galileo, Europe's rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), passed a milestone Tuesday when it pinpointed its first-ever ground location, the European Space Agency said.
India aborts testing of new cruise missile
Mar 12, 2013 07:28 EDT
The maiden flight of India's first domestically developed long-range cruise missile was aborted midway on Tuesday after it veered off course, defence scientists said.
South Atlantic mystery: The Falkland Islands wolf
Mar 05, 2013 11:46 EST
It was an animal that puzzled Charles Darwin, who wondered how on Earth a large mammal that looked a bit like a wolf and a bit like a fox had arrived on barren islands nearly 500 kilometres (300 miles) from the mainland.
Francis Bacon's studio bric-a-brac on show in Brussels
Feb 27, 2013 14:42 EST
As Ireland helms the troubled EU, bric-a-brac from the studio of Irish-born artist Francis Bacon, who came to exemplify angst in 20th century Europe, goes on show in Brussels this week.
Nobel prize for discovering DNA up for auction
Feb 25, 2013 14:17 EST
The Nobel prize awarded to Francis Crick in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA has been put up for auction by his family along with one of his lab coats, his books and other memorabilia.
Ahmadinejad ready to be Iran's first spaceman
Feb 04, 2013 11:58 EST
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he is ready "to be the first man in space" under Iran's ambitious programme which aims to send a human being into orbit by 2020.
Ahmadinejad says ready to be Iran's first spaceman
Feb 04, 2013 09:25 EST
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday he is ready "to be the first man in space" under Iran's ambitious programme which aims to send a human being into orbit by 2020.
Ten years on, US recalls Columbia shuttle disaster
Feb 01, 2013 13:26 EST
With somber ceremonies, the United States on Friday commemorated the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew on the tenth anniversary of the disaster.
Columbia space tragedy, 10 years on
Jan 31, 2013 20:05 EST
NASA on Friday will commemorate the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts a decade ago, a landmark incident that triggered the end of the shuttle mission.
Chinese military plane boosts global reach: media
Jan 28, 2013 00:04 EST
China's new long-distance military transport aircraft will "enhance its global power projection ability", state media said on Monday, after the plane's maiden flight at the weekend.
2013 to be bumper year for space science: ESA
Jan 24, 2013 15:30 EST
European probes this year will return a treasure trove of data from explorations into the Big Bang, water on Mars and climate change, European Space Agency (ESA) chief Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Thursday.
Captain's log: real space chat for Star Trek crew
Jan 07, 2013 16:13 EST
Fact and fiction blurred this week when a real-life astronaut boldly went where no man has gone before and conversed from orbit via Twitter with the crew of television's "Star Trek: Enterprise."
Japan pedal power aims for human flight record
Dec 10, 2012 08:34 EST
A team in Japan are hoping pedal-power will beat the world record for a human-propelled plane -- in a flying machine made from polystyrene, they said Monday.
British astronomer Patrick Moore dies aged 89
Dec 09, 2012 11:15 EST
Astronomer Patrick Moore, renowned for his work mapping the Moon's surface and for having popularised his subject with the British public, died Sunday at the age of 89, friends and colleagues announced.
British astronomer Patrick Moore dead aged 89
Dec 09, 2012 09:06 EST
Astronomer Patrick Moore, renowned for his work mapping the Moon's surface and for having popularised his subject with the British public, died Sunday at the age of 89, friends and colleagues announced.
New company aims to send humans back to the moon
Dec 06, 2012 23:29 EST
Two former top NASA officials unveiled plans to sell manned flights to the moon by the end of the decade, in an announcement 40 years after the last human set foot there.
New company aims to send humans back to the moon
Dec 06, 2012 22:55 EST
Two former top NASA officials unveiled plans to sell manned flights to the moon by the end of the decade, in an announcement 40 years after the last human set foot there.
Prototype of European combat drone makes maiden flight
Dec 03, 2012 05:43 EST
A prototype of a European combat drone, the Neuron, made its maiden flight Saturday from a base in the south of France, project leader Dassault Aviation announced.
Prototype of European combat drone makes maiden flight
Dec 01, 2012 13:24 EST
A prototype of a European combat drone, the Neuron, made its maiden flight Saturday from a base in the south of France, project leader Dassault Aviation announced.
