Lander grabs Mars water, will see if it's life-supporting

"(CNN) -- The Phoenix lander got its robotic arm onto a sample of water ice from Mars' surface and popped the ice into tiny, onboard "ovens" that will help determine if the water could support life, NASA researchers said Thursday. ...

Chantix Side Effects Cause F.A.A. to Ban Use by Pilots

Yes that is right, the FAA not the FDA although the FDA has it's own advisory as well."The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it would no longer permit pilots or air traffic controllers to use the smoking cessation drug Chantix, citing potential side effects that...

British Government releases UFO files

The UK government has unveiled its secret UFO files, and the contents are sometiems surprising, sometimes amusing."The most comprehensive Government files on UFO activity are opened to the public for the first time today and they disclose that even air traffic controllers and...

Four British men on missing plane in Brazil

A small aircraft has gone missing off the north-east coast of Brazil with four British men on board. It appears that the aircraft just vanished into thin air."The Foreign Office confirmed that Alan Kempson, Sean...

NASA: ATV ready to dock with ISS: Minute by Minute coverage

NASA: ATV ready to dock with ISS: April 3, 2008Update 10:55 am"TOULOUSE, France, April 3 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency's Jules Verne automated transfer vehicle spacecraft was successfully docked Thursday...

American Pilots Indicted in Brazil Jet Crash

In a key legal step toward assigning blame for Brazil's deadliest plane crash, two U.S. pilots and four Brazilian air traffic controllers were indicted on charges equivalent to involuntary manslaughter for a mid-air collision that killed 154 people. Judge Murilo Mendes on...

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Europe's First Lunar Mission Ends With a Bang

Europe's first spacecraft to the moon ended its three-year mission Sunday with a planned crash, hitting its target after ground controllers had to maneuver it around a looming crater rim.The SMART-1 spacecraft slammed into volcanic plain called the Lake of Excellence at 1 1/4...

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