The Welsh government has given robotic planes their own airport, as well as a 500-square mile area of designated airspace.
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Russian Cargo Craft Disappears 20 Minutes After Launch
Twenty minutes after launch, the ISS Progress 44 disappeared, along with its 3 tons of supplies for the International Space Station.
Read More »Hurricane Irene Set to Wreak Havoc on East Coast
Over the next few days, meteorologists are predicting that Hurricane Irene (currently a Category 3) could slam the East Coast.
Read More »Virgin Galactic Allows Passengers Twitter, Facebook and Instagram in Space
If you can afford the $200,000 price tag, you can reserve one of the coveted seats on Virgin Galactic's commercial spaceship. Oh, and you'll be able to tweet about it.
Read More »Amazing Photo of Mars Rover’s Destroyed Heat Shield
NASA's Mars Opportunity Rover has been sending back some really incredible photography detailing the unique landscape on Mars. This week, NASA released a true color-rendered photo showing the debris of the Opportunity's heat shield, which was destroyed during impact.
Read More »Astronaut Catches Incredible Photo of Perseid Meteor
Ron Garan, a NASA astronaut, managed to capture this stunning space photo of a Perseid meteor falling to Earth.
Read More »Mars Rover Captures Eerie Color Photo of Bleak Martian Landscape
The Mars Opportunity Rover has sent back an amazing color photo of the Martian landscape around the Endeavor crater.
Read More »An Amazing Photo of Two Galaxies About to Collide
NASA has released a stunning photo that captures two far-off galaxies as they're about to collide.
Read More »Mach 20 Aircraft “Lost” 9 Minutes After Launch
Nine minutes after the military's latest hypersonic aircraft was launched, communication was lost. It's assumed that the aircraft crashed into the Pacific ocean.
Read More »Meteorites May Contain DNA Building Blocks
Scientists have found rare, "life-creating" chemicals on deep space meteorites -- which lends new evidence to how humans may have come to be.
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