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SpaceX Falcon 9 launch aborted at last second

...the intended launch of the SpaceX commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station was aborted at the last second on Saturday because of... Read more

19 May, 2012 by William Harwood
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in pictures

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft in pictures

...of the first privately built and funded spacecraft to rendezvous with the International Space Station, on 7 May. This could be the beginning of a... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Andy Smith
Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

Dead IT giants: A top 10 of the fallen

Commodore International The Commodore Portable Typewriter Company was founded in 1954. The company became... Read more

19 November, 2010 by David Meyer
World's largest spaceship docks with ISS

World's largest spaceship docks with ISS

...A photo taken from the International Space Station shows the European Space Agency's cargo spacecraft approaching for... Read more

12 April, 2012 by James Martin
The space shuttle's history in pictures

The space shuttle's history in pictures

...of astronauts into space, launching numerous satellites and helping to construct the International Space Station. Pictured above is Challenger in orbit in 1983. The space... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Jon Yeomans

Microsoft wins US import ban on some Motorola phones

...The US International Trade Commission has handed Microsoft a victory in one of its patent... Read more

21 May, 2012 by Jay Greene
Inside Nasa's astronaut training centre

Inside Nasa's astronaut training centre

...spacecraft, including the Space Shuttle seen here. Among the models are the International Space Station and the Orion craft that will carry Nasa astronauts after... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

HTC phones held up in US over Apple patent claim

...to secure approval."HTC was dealt a setback last December when the International Trade Commission (ITC), a federal agency with the power to enforce bans... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Steven Musil

Schmidt: UN treaty a 'disaster' for the internet

...control of things such as naming and DNS to the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) would divide the internet, allowing it to be further... Read more

29 February, 2012 by Ben Woods
Yuri Gagarin: 50 years since first space flight

Yuri Gagarin: 50 years since first space flight

...leased Kazakh Baikonur cosmodrome on 5 April, 2011.The rocket carried an international space crew consisting of US astronaut Ron Garan, and Russian cosmonauts Alexander... Read more

12 April, 2011 by Staff

Photos: The solar-powered internet cafés connecting rural Africa

Between the shipment of the two Zambian ZubaBoxes, Computer Aid International provided a cybercafé for Computers for Schools Kenya, located in the suburb... Read more

5 July, 2011 by Tim Ferguson
Space shuttle Atlantis's final flight in pictures

Space shuttle Atlantis's final flight in pictures

...Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim. On the 37th shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), STS-135 delivered more than 4.3 tons of... Read more

22 July, 2011 by James Martin
SRI demos security and satellite tech

SRI demos security and satellite tech

...At SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), innovation has long been the goal. This is... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Daniel Terdiman
Space station marks 10 years in service

Space station marks 10 years in service

...anniversary of a milestone in space exploration. Since the year 2000, the International Space Station (ISS) has been continuously occupied. Constant human presence on board... Read more

1 November, 2010 by James Martin
Star-gazing ISS snaps a million photos

Star-gazing ISS snaps a million photos

...Pettit snapped this time-lapse picture of the stars from the International Space Station. Image credit: Don Pettit Read more

8 April, 2012 by Charles Cooper

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