Science-&-Innovation
Hyperloop track to be built in Saudi Arabia
Dhaka, Jul 25 (UNB) - Virgin's Hyperloop One company has signed a deal with the government of Saudi Arabia to build a test track for its futuristic transport concept, reports the BBC.
India launches spacecraft to explore water deposits on moon
New Delhi, Jul 23 (AP/UNB) — India sent a spacecraft to explore water deposits on the far side of the moon in a successful launch Monday after a technical problem caused a week's delay.
Moon back in NASA's court 50 years after 1st lunar landing
Cape Canaveral, Jul 21 (AP/UNB) — Fifty years after humanity's first lunar footsteps, the moon is back in NASA's court.
Russian capsule carrying 3 docks with space station
Baikonur, Jul 21 (AP/UNB) — A Russian space capsule with three astronauts aboard has docked with the International Space Station after a fast-track trip to the orbiting laboratory.
Nation marks 50 years after Apollo 11's 'giant leap' on moon
Cape Canaveral, Jul 21 (AP/UNB) — A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's "giant leap" by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin at parties, races, ball games and concerts Saturday, toasting with Tang and gobbling MoonPies.
India reschedules launch of its moon mission for Monday
New Delhi, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — India's space agency said it will launch a spacecraft to the south pole of the moon on Monday after an aborted effort this week.
Scientists find new way to kill disease-carrying mosquitoes
New York, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) — Scientists say they nearly eliminated disease-carrying mosquitoes on two islands in China using a new technique.
Hawaii activists get ready for start of work on telescope
Mauna Kea, Jul 15 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of demonstrators are gathered at the base of Hawaii's tallest mountain to protest the construction of a giant telescope on land that some Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
Apollo 11 moon landing had thousands working behind scenes
Cape Canaveral, Jul 15 (AP/UNB) — It took 400,000 people to put Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon a half-century ago.
Apollo 11 at 50: Celebrating first steps on another world
Cape Canaveral, Jul 13(AP/UNB) — A half-century ago, in the middle of a mean year of war, famine, violence in the streets and the widening of the generation gap, men from planet Earth stepped onto another world for the first time, uniting people around the globe in a way not seen before or since.