Russia Successfully Launches Unmanned Progress Resupply Spacecraft to International Space Station

Russia successfully launched an unmanned progress resupply M-27M spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) atop a Soyuz rocket on Friday.The previous Progress launch in April ended in failure, and on Sunday a US supply mission also failed when SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket broke apart shortly...

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Solar Impulse 2 Sets New Solo Flight Record Across Pacific to Hawaii

Solar Impulse 2 (a solar-powered aircraft) has set the new record of flying from Japan to Hawaii for the longest solo flight. Veteran Swiss aviator Andre Borschberg, who has spent more than four days flying from Japan in the Solar Impulse 2, is expected to land on the Pacific US island state on...

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Video Captured Using Nikon's Coolpix P900 Reveals Moon Craters in Detail

A video captured using Nikon's Coolpix P900 reveals how the device's 83x zoom lens can film the moon appearing to move - an illusion created by the Earth's rotation. The one minute 50 seconds footage, which gone viral since it was uploaded by a German photographer, also shows the moon craters in...

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Minecraft Sales Have Surpassed 20 Million Copies on PC Platform

"20 million copies of Minecraft PC sold, Thanks everyone for supporting us and thanks for stickning with us for so long!" Tweeted Kaplan, the business developer at Mojang. Microsoft bought Minecraft creators Mojang for $2.5 billion less than a year ago. Bean counters at the company will be encouraged...

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Second Solar Storm Expected to Hit the Earth This Weekend

Earlier this week the Earth was treated to a spectacular show by the northern lights after a severe solar storm struck and an encore performance is expected this weekend. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center reports that a coronal mass ejection,...

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Audi plans to launch its four-wheel-drive 'Lunar Quattro Rover' for the Google Lunar XPrize

Audi is planning to launch its four-wheel-drive 'Lunar Quattro Rover' in 2017 to the landing site of Apollo 17, the last manned mission to make it to the moon. The rover is being build alongside a German group of engineers, known as the Part-Time Scientists, as part of the Google Lunar XPrize contest....

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Facebook Celebrates Marriage Equality with New Feature

Facebook has shown its support for marriage equality with a new tool that allows users to superimpose a rainbow over their profile pictures, showing their support for gay marriage. CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally announced the Celebrate Pride tool on his personal page following the US Supreme...

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