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September 2009

Alternative to "Black Boxes" Takes Flight

Air France crash renews interest in real-time flight-data reporting systems

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August 2009

German-U.S. Company to Loft Robotic Airship

It's a flying tadpole! It's a floating snake! It's a... what the heck is that thing?

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August 2009

Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight

A new design for a crew vehicle, launcher, and spaceport

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August 2009

Satellites Peer Into India's Shrinking Aquifers

Gravity maps show disastrous draining in India's breadbasket

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June 2009

India Joins League of Lunar Nations

G. Madhavan Nair, head of the Indian space agency, discusses India's plans for the moon, Mars, and more

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Where Is Planet X, Dr. Brown?

Doomsday In 2012?

Nibiru? Naboo? It's All Fiction

The Doomsday Theory "Rerun"

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Astrophysics

Fri, November 13, 2009

Blog Post: NASA finds water on the Moon, raising hopes for a Moon base

Tue, October 20, 2009

Slideshow: iCandy

August 2009

Article: CPU, Heal Thyself

Aviation

Thu, November 19, 2009

Blog Post: FAA Computer Problem Causes Widespread Flight Delays in US

Tue, November 17, 2009

Blog Post: Nonexistent Worldwide Airline Check-in System Meltdown?

Sun, November 15, 2009

Blog Post: MonoCopter Modeled After Maple Leaf

Robotic Exploration

Wed, September 30, 2009

Podcast: There's Water on the Moon, but Making Use of it Won't be Easy

Sat, September 26, 2009

Blog Post: Why the Evidence of Water on the Moon is Bad News

Thu, August 06, 2009

Blog Post: A New Contest For LEGO Lunar Robots

Satellites

August 2009

Article: Satellites Peer Into India's Shrinking Aquifers

July 2009

Article: Interplanetary Internet Tested

Fri, June 19, 2009

Blog Post: Mars Satellite Spies Signs of Ancient Lakebed on Red Planet

Space Flight

Wed, September 30, 2009

Podcast: There's Water on the Moon, but Making Use of it Won't be Easy

Sat, September 26, 2009

Blog Post: Why the Evidence of Water on the Moon is Bad News

August 2009

Article: Russia Reveals Vision for Manned Spaceflight

Military

Wed, September 30, 2009

Blog Post: Iran Nuclear Fallout

Mon, September 28, 2009

Blog Post: The Robot Insect Race

Fri, September 25, 2009

Blog Post: Russia's Doomsday Device Supposedly Still Active and Being Upgraded

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