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Aircraft sets hypersonic record at Mach 6
5-28-2010 |
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The X-51A Waverider has set a new hypersonic flight time record at six times the speed of sound.
NASA's final shuttle flight slips to November
4-27-2010 | 1
The date for the last ever Space Shuttle flight has been pushed back to November, officials have said.
SpaceShip Two's maiden flight a success
3-23-2010 | 10
In a major step towards the dream of commercial spaceflight SpaceShip Two's maiden test flight was a total success.
Feathered dinosaurs leapt from trees
1-26-2010 | 3
New evidence suggests that early feathered dinosaurs would have taken to flight from trees rather than from the ground.
UK to have dedicated space agency
12-11-2009 |
The UK is to set up a dedicated space agency to help direct policies pertaining to space flight, research and technology...
Did ancient birds lose teeth for flight ?
12-10-2009 | 5
New research has suggested that ancient birds may have lost their teeth to lose enough weight to help them fly. The 150 ...
Virgin Galactic prepare for test flights
12-3-2009 | 0
Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic are preparing their sub-orbital space plane SpaceShipTwo for test flights in the hope ...
Giant man-eating eagle actually existed
9-17-2009 | 16
The giant man-eating "Haast's Eagle" of New Zealand really did exist according to new research, it would have weighed up...
Secret US SHC beam tested
9-4-2009 | 8
Boeing has announced an in-flight test firing of its new aeroplane mounted raygun-cannon protype, the Advanced Tactical ...
Pterodactyl fossil reveals complex flight
8-10-2009 | 5
Studies of a pterodactyl fossil have shown that the creature had complex wing fibers that would have enabled it to fly w...
Apollo 11 astronauts call for mission to Mars
7-20-2009 | 17
40 years on from the first historic mission to the Moon the Apollo 11 astronauts have made a rare joint appearance in an...
Swearing can reduce the feeling of pain
7-13-2009 | 44
Swearing can help reduce the feeling of physical pain scientists have found, it is thought this could have been part of ...
Russia to approve new Moon rocket
3-19-2009 | 4
For the first time since 1964 the Russian space programme is making the Moon its main objective as Russian officials pre...
Virgin Galactic tests SpaceShipTwo
3-15-2009 | 2
Virgin Galactic are performing test flights of their new WhiteKnightTwo, a large aircraft that will be instrumental in l...
New Da Vinci portrait uncovered
3-2-2009 | 4
A previously unseen sketch of a young Leonardo Da Vinci has been discovered underneath some writing on a page of his 'Co...
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