NASA hits snag while inflating new room at space station
By MARCIA DUNN NASA hit a snag while releasing air into an experimental inflatable room at the International Space Station on Thursday and put everything on hold for at least…
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Egyptian plane with 66 aboard crashes; terrorism suspected
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, ELENA BECATOROS and ANGELA CHARLTON An EgyptAir jetliner bound from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday after a mysterious…
SpaceX delivers world’s 1st inflatable room for astronauts
By MARCIA DUNN SpaceX has made good on a high-priority delivery: the world’s first inflatable room for astronauts. A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on…
Iraqi officials: US captured top IS chemical arms engineer
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE U.S. special forces captured the head of the Islamic State group’s unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern…
N. Korea, on defense after sanctions, makes nuclear threat
By HYUNG-JIN KIM North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his military on standby for nuclear strikes at any time, state media reported Friday, an escalation in rhetoric targeting rivals…
Russian PM: West rekindling the Cold War
By DAVID RISING Russia’s prime minister accused the West on Saturday of rekindling the Cold War, telling a meeting of top defense officials, diplomats and national leaders that sanctions imposed…
Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace ‘ancient’ tech
By TAMI ABDOLLAH President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is asking Congress for $3.1 billion to update the government’s archaic computer systems to protect them from cyberattacks as part of…
30 years since Challenger: New voice at astronauts’ memorial
By MARCIA DUNN As families of the lost Challenger astronauts gather with NASA to mark the space shuttle accident’s 30th anniversary, there’s a new voice to address the crowd. June…