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NASA ‘flying saucer’ launch delayed by rough seas, next try Wednesday

NASA’s second Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is prepared for a June 2015 flight test at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii. Launch is now set for June 3. (NASA) An innovative saucer-shaped parachute that NASA scientists have…

Russia And Ukraine Are At War

Moscow won’t admit it, but Russia is at war with Ukraine. It’s hard to draw any other conclusion from reports that Russian regular forces have moved into eastern Ukraine and are attacking Ukrainian military units amid a flare-up of violence…

Smog over Beijing, Moscow may inhibit laser weapons, Chinese official claims

Feb. 26, 2014: Cars travel on an overpass amid thick haze in the morning in Beijing. China’s north is suffering a pollution crisis, with the capital Beijing itself shrouded in acrid smog. (Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon) The Maritime Laser Demonstration program will…

Could the next stop for Putin be Kiev?

The last few days have rocked Ukraine. What started as peaceful protests in November against a corrupt Ukrainian government has evolved in the span of 72 hours into a full-blown Russian military occupation in Crimea. To be sure, Putin moved…