Human exploration of deep
space is looking more and
more like a tag-team
affair, with NASA jetting
off to asteroids and Mars
while the private sector
sets up shop on the moon.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida
(Reuters) - Nearly two
years after space shuttle
Atlantis blasted off for
the last time, NASA on
Thursday put out a "For
Lease" notice for one of
its shuttle launch pads
in Florida. In a notice
posted on its procurement
websit...
Some people may find it
hard to believe that a
private mission will
succeed in landing four
astronauts on Mars in
2023, but several
state-run media outlets
in China are targeting
the project with even
harsher terms like "hoax"
and "hype."
Get ready for a busy and
possibly "extremely
active" hurricane season,
said forecasters who
today (May 23) unveiled
their predictions of the
number and intensity of
storms expected in the
Atlantic Ocean basin
during the 2013 hurricane
season.
It's likely that the new
H7N9 bird flu virus can
spread through the air on
a limited basis,
according to a new study
that looked at how the
virus spreads in animals.
A strange pair of stars
is much closer to Earth
than scientists ever
thought, a discovery that
finally helps explain a
puzzling mystery behind
the stellar twins,
scientists say.
DALLAS (Reuters) - A
solar airplane that
developers hope to
eventually pilot around
the globe landed safely
on Thursday in Texas,
completing the second and
longest leg of an attempt
to fly across the United
States powered only by
the sun. The spindly...