Aerospace technology

Boeing set to launch astronauts for NASA in new capsule

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space ...

NASA astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, arrive in Florida for Boeing’s first human spaceflight

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just ...

Today in History: April 24, final Unabomber-linked killing

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Sarah Wilson

Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 24, the 115th day of 2024. There are 251 days left in the year. Today’s ...

Satellite image analysis: Iranian attack damaged Israeli air base

World
David Turner

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented ...

Intuitive Machines scores first US moon landing since Apollo era

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The moon’s newest arrival was said to be “alive and well” a day after making the first ...

Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike

U.S.
Amanda Smith

JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran said Saturday it had conducted a successful satellite launch into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a ...

US Navy fighter jets strike Houthi missile launchers in Yemen, officials say

World
David Turner

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. fighter jets struck Iranian-backed Houthi rebel sites for the sixth time Friday, taking out anti-ship missile launchers in ...

US company’s lunar lander will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after failed moonshot

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Dr. Sarah Adams

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A U.S. company’s lunar lander will soon burn up in Earth’s atmosphere after a failed moonshot. Astrobotic ...

Alaska Airlines’ Boeing jetliner was restricted over warning light concerns

U.S.
Amanda Smith

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii ...

Japan plane crash: Five crewmembers dead, hundreds evacuated safely

World
David Turner

TOKYO (AP) — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on ...