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If SpaceX founder Elon Musk felt like winning the Superbowl when the Dragon (perched atop a Falcon 9 rocket) finally launched on Tuesday, he must be absolutely over the moon now. At 9:56 AM Eastern this morning, astronaut Donald Pettit coaxed the International Space Station’s gangly robotic arm into grabbing the unmanned Dragon capsule, marking the first time a private spacecraft has docked w...

The ISS's Expedition 31 crew successfully captured the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the station's robotic arm at 2:56PM, coming precisely three days, six hours and eleven minutes after the mission's launch.

The Dragon capsule, the unmanned spacecraft that was launched on SpaceX's Dragon 9 rocket early Tuesday morning, will attempt to dock with the International Space Station on Friday.If successful, it will be the first private spacecraft to fly to the ISS.SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE UPDATESRead More...More on Space

Elon Musk, the SpaceX boss has revealed how he almost hung up on President Obama after mistaking his withheld White House number for a cold-calling salesman

In the end, it was Scotty who got beamed up, as "Star Trek" actor James Doohan's ashes are on a rocket orbiting Earth.

The world's first private supply ship flew tantalizingly close to the International Space Station on Thursday but did not stop, completing a critical test in advance of the actual docking.

The Rocket Man has been temporarily grounded. Elton John developed a serious respiratory infection last weekend, but his condition only worsened, resulting in the 65-year-old...

Two senior US officials made a secret visit to North Korea last month in an apparent attempt to persuade it to cancel an upcoming long-range rocket launch, a South Korean report said Thursday.

Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed in the Entry Systems and Technology Division at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered Ames' thermal protection engineers the respect of not just other government agencies, but also commercial entities. The successful re-entry in late May or early June of the cutting-edge Dragon spacecraft from its demonst...

After its launch yesterday, the Dragon capsule is now on its way to the International Space Station. But the Falcon 9 rocket carried something else: the ashes of James Doohan, the actor who played Scotty in Star Trek. More »

A ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies

The head of the United Nations agency tasked with safeguarding the world’s cultural heritage today called for the protection of Libya’s Old City of Ghadamès, voicing concern over reports that the town has been the target of rocket attacks.

A "major upgrade" is taking place at North Korea's rocket launch site, says a US institute, as Pyongyang accuses Washington over warnings on a third nuclear test.

The launch of the rocket ship built by his company, SpaceX, is the latest achievement by Elon Musk.

More hurdles are ahead as the privately owned spacecraft aims to berth with the International Space Station on Friday.

SEOUL  - North Korea vowed Tuesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent and take "self-defence" measures unless the United States halts criticism and pressure over its rocket launches and atomic programme. A foreign ministry spokesman was hitting back at a statement Saturday from Washington and other Group of Eight nations, which condemned Pyongyang's April 13 long-range rocket launch. The G8 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Private spaceflight supporters saw a major validation today (May 22) with the successful launch of the first commercial vehicle to visit the International Space Station. [More]

The Falcon 9 rocket's engines ignite on the SpaceX launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, May 22, 2012. Photo: SpaceX Before dawn today at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon spacecraft to orbit. The mission makes SpaceX the first commercial space flight [...]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A private cargo rocket headed to the International Space Station blasted off early Tuesday morning. Built by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. of Hawthorne, Calif.--commonly known as SpaceX--this rocket is carrying only about 1,000 pounds of cargo, and nothing of great value. The importance is instead technical and symbolic... from the New York Times (Registr...

TV legend's remains were sent into space today on board the first commercial rocket to be launched towards the International Space Station

A Falcon 9 rocket sent an unmanned capsule into orbit on its way to rendezvous with the International Space Station.

When actor James Doohan died in 2005, the man who played Star Trek‘s engineer Scotty for nearly 40 years had one request: That his ashes…

terrymaster69 writes "After an aborted launch attempt last week, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon9 rocket Tuesday at 3:44 am EST. SpaceX's founder Elon Musk tweeted: 'Falcon flew perfectly!! Dragon in orbit, comm locked and solar arrays active!! Feels like a giant weight just came off my back :)' The Dragon capsule is scheduled to dock with the ISS on May 25th." ...

An unmanned rocket owned by privately held Space Exploration Technologies blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station today for a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station.

Space Exploration Technologies has blasted off from Cape Canaveral gor a mission designed to be the first commercial flight to the International Space Station. The 178-foot (54-meter) tall Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 3:44 a.m. (0744 GMT) from a refurbished launch pad just south of where NASA launched its now-retired space shuttles.

A commercial rocket blasted off early Tuesday with a load of supplies for the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

Dragon capsule is on its way to the ISS

Startup rocket company Space Exploration Technologies (we all know them as SpaceX) is set to launch their Dragon capsule to the International Space Station early in the morning (3:44am EDT!) on Tuesday. SpaceX will be webcasting the launch on their website, SpaceX.com, starting at 3:00am Eastern Time. You can also follow along as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts live updates to Twitter from Mission C...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Sea Launch AG says its oceangoing rocket pad and command ship have departed their Long Beach, Calif., home port for the equator to launch a communications satellite for Intelsat....

The Obama and Romney teams rolled out their April fundraising numbers last week by combining their campaign receipts with DNC/RNC receipts, and produced some impressive numbers: $40.1 million for Romney and $43.6 million for Obama. It turns out that if you take out the DNC/RNC money, the numbers are much more modest: $11.7 million for Romney and $25.7 million for Obama. Neither of these candida...

American, Japanese and South Korean diplomats warned on Monday that North Korea would face more sanctions if it conducted a nuclear test following its failed rocket launch last month.

Summer will arrive early tomorrow with a 17C temperature swing finally delivering sweltering highes of of 27C as experts forecast a sweltering summer on a par with the record-breaking 2003 and 2006 scorchers.

Ato's late rally produced a local victory in the Kris Flyer International Sprint but French raider Chinchon takes top prize.

Welcome to Rocket Trike Diaries, a 10-week video tour of the 2011 "Ride for Renewables: No Tar Sands Oil On American Soil!" Join Tom Weis as he pedals his rocket trike 2,150 miles through America's heartland in support of landowners fighting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline scheme.

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Group of Eight world leaders has warned North Korea that it faces more sanctions if it continues to threaten the stability of the region with provocative acts such as its failed long-range rocket launch in April....

Launch of the first private spacecraft aimed at docking with the international space station was scrubbed at the last split-second early Saturday, due to a technical problem.

SpaceX rocket was to be first private spacecraft sent to space station, signaling end of NASA's industry dominance.

Space Station astronauts forced to wait for delivery of groceries after fault.

The US firm SpaceX has aborted the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon ship to the International Space Station (ISS).

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The launch of a privately owned Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was delayed on Saturday when a computer detected a possible problem with one of the rocket's engines, a Space Exploration Technologies official said.

The unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was set to blast off from Cape Canaveral just before 10am this morning (GMT) along with its Dragon capsule loaded with 1,000lbs of space station provisions.

Mother-of-two Kirstie Allsopp said it is difficult for some people to be good parents, because they didn't have good parents themselves. It comes after David Cameron dismissed claims that a new scheme to teach parenting skills amount to a 'nanny state'.

Investors were probably looking forward to a brief distraction from the otherwise dismal market today, but Facebook (FB) isn’t taking off like the rocket many had expected. That appears to be throwing a wet blanket on the entire market. The Dow, after rising early this morning, began to dip after the IPO was delayed and [...]

SIR Elton John marks the 40th anniversary of the hit for crew of International Space Station

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon will seek to provide Israel with an additional $70 million in the coming months for its short-range rocket shield, known as the "Iron Dome," U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said after a meeting with his Israeli counterpart on Thursday.

Japan launched for the first time a rocket with a non-Japanese payload, fulfilling a spare-no-expense, two-decade quest to compete in the world's $4.3 billion commercial satellite-launch business.

If terrorists in Sinai increase rocket fire into Red Sea resort town, IDF may deploy rocket defense system in area.

The former high school teacher is headed to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz rocket.

India successfully tested the indigenous super cooled cryogenic engine that will be used to fire a heavier rocket to put a communication satellite in the geo-synchronous orbit later this year, the space agency said.

Last week I had the opportunity to sit down with Daniel Hershkowitz, Israel’s minister of science and technology, to talk about his country’s capabilities and ambitions in space. We spoke about Israel’s homegrown platforms for launching satellites into space; the commercial, military and scientific applications of those satellites; and whether the country has plans to [...]

I read the story in the United Arab Emirates to kids attending a religious school. There were questions after the reading; because Rocket Richard appears in the church, the question was: ‘Is he your Jesus?’”

Auf dem Rocket Bike aus der Motoradschmiede Lawless Industries und Orange County Choppers hat Rennfahrer Larry "Spiderman" McBride einen neuen Rekord aufgestellt. Das Elektromotorrad erreicht eine Spitzengeschwindigkeit von bis zu 200 Meilen die Stunde. mehr...

THE Rocket is king of the Crucible once again after beating Ali Carter 18-11

Snooker:Ronnie O’Sullivan tonight put the seal on a glorious tournament and perhaps one of snooker’s great careers too by carrying off the Betfred.com World Championship title for a fourth time.

Ronnie O'Sullivan ist zum vierten Mal Snooker-Weltmeister. Im legendären Crucible Theatre zu Sheffield setzte sich das englische "Enfant Terrible" in der Neuauflage des Finals von 2008 gegen Landsmann Ali Carter klar mit 18:11 durch. "The Rocket" sicherte sich damit seinen vierten WM-Titel nach 2001, 2004 und 2008 - und will nun erstmal sechs Monate pausieren.

While he is showing signs of being wearied by an increasingly demanding schedule more than by age, Ronnie O'Sullivan is right when he asserts that he is entering his snooker dotage. The Rocket is now 36.

ASIC has scored a victory with the High Court affirming that company directors are responsible for what goes on in the company.

The North Korean state companies were put on a blacklist of firms banned from international trade in response to the country’s launching of a rocket last month.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council sanctions committee on Wednesday added three North Korean state companies to a U.N. blacklist of firms banned from international trade in response to Pyongyang's rocket launch last month.

China launched 2 satellites for Beidou system into space atop a carrier rocket on Monday, and will see similar launches in the future to reduce costs and save time.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States, European Union, South Korea and Japan have submitted a list of about 40 North Korean companies to the U.N. Security Council's sanctions committee for possible blacklisting due to Pyongyang's recent rocket launch, envoys said on Tuesday.

Superstar Ronnie O'Sullivan hat nach einer beeindruckenden Leistung das Viertelfinale der Snooker-Weltmeisterschaft im englischen Sheffield erreicht.

Today, Friday April 27, ICANN had promised an update on the problems that led to its TLD Registration System (TAS) being taken offline on April 12. As the working day ends in Europe, that update has yet to come. Even if it does, I would not expect anything more concrete than the "we are still working on the issue, thanks for your patience" message of recent days. So what's really going on h...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Apple Inc is likely to see its sales growth nearly double in greater China this year, but the pace will probably taper thereafter as competitors hit back with new products in the biggest global mobile phone market.

On an early Thursday morning, an Indian rocket successfully launched into orbit a microwave Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-1) from the spaceport here in Andhra Pradesh, around 80 km from Chennai.

ROCKET Man and David Furnish planning a sibling for 14-month-old Zachary and hope to use same surrogate mum

North Korea has almost completed preparations for a third nuclear test, a senior source with close ties to Pyongyang and Beijing said, an act that would draw further international condemnation following a failed rocket launch.

North Korea has apparently completed preparations for a third nuclear test, possibly within two weeks, after firing a long-range rocket this month, a newspaper report said today.

A “trusted lieutenant” of a south Dublin criminal gang has been sentenced to 10 years for transporting a machine gun, a rocket launcher and cocaine.

Convened by high-concept ADD multitasker Damon Albarn this Afro-futurist jam session adds roiling rhythms from 71-year-old drummer Tony Allen – known for the immortal grooves he cut with Fela Kuti in the Seventies – to corroded space-age keyboards (Albarn) and low-gravity bass lines (Flea) The group offers rides to a...

The week in science: Premature splashdown for North Korean rocket; Johnson & Johnson fined for improper marketing of Risperdal; and US greenhouse-gas emissions rise.

A bristling North Korea today said it was ready to retaliate in the face of international condemnation over its failed rocket launch, increasing the likelihood the hermit state will push ahead with a third nuclear test.

LONDON BRIEFING:THE MOST basic rule of retailing is to get the right product on the shelves at the right time, in the right place and at the right price. It’s hardly rocket science and the result should be satisfied customers and healthy profits.

For weeks, the U.S. and other world powers begged, pleaded, and cajoled North Korea into canceling its plan to launch a rocket into space. On Friday, April 13, Pyongyang gave its answer, sending a sputtering rocket soaring and then diving into the sea in abject failure. Today, the 15-nation Security Council took a fresh tack, issuing a sharply worded statement that "strongly condemns" North...

NEW YORK — The U.N. Security Council on Monday issued a sharply worded statement that “strongly condemns” North Korea’s failed rocket launch last week, and it announced plans to tighten existing sanctions against Pyongyang’s government. Read full article >>

Diplomatic source tells South Korean news agency that Iranian officials traveled to N. Korea specifically to watch rocket launch, receive test data; S. Korean gov't neither confirms nor denies report.

THE US yesterday cancelled food aid to North Korea after the impoverished state's defiant rocket launch.

It’s time North Korea was made to answer for its aggressive acts.

Era of the Big Lie may finally be over now that North Korea’s refusal halt its nuclear ambitions have resulted in fiery failure in the Yellow Sea

Foreign ministers of India, Russia and China on Friday asked all parties in the standoff over North Korea to show restraint after Pyongyang's much-heralded rocket plunged into the sea after sparking global concerns.

SHANGHAI (AP) -- Asian shares shrugged off China's slowing growth Friday, rallying after U.S. markets rose and North Korea's rocket launch failed....

Asian stocks markets rose Friday as investors breathed a sigh of relief as the launch of a multistage rocket by North Korea went without major incident. South Korea's Kospi rose 1.2%.

South Korea's Defense Ministry says North Korea has fired a long-range rocket.

The missile we should be worried about isn't the one North Korea is about to launch, it's the much bigger one that's hiding in plain sight.

AMILITARY plane carrying Defence Minister Stephen Smith and  senior defence leaders threatened by insurgent rocket fire in Afghanistan.

Apple's rocket trip into the stock-market stratosphere took it to a lofty new height Tuesday morning, when Apple's valuation briefly crossed the $600 billion mark.

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:56 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the White House for your daily briefing. I hope you enjoyed the Easter weekend, those of you who celebrate it. And if you got out to see the spectacle on the South Lawn, you can see why it works best when the weather is fine -- (laughter) -- as it is today. I don't have any announcements at the top,...

Defendants allegedly shouted racist curses, said they supported Gaza rocket fire, before shooting 51-year-old man dead.

Discrimination claims are expected to rocket in the year ahead as disgruntled workers seek ways of getting around the new unfair dismissal rules introduced on Friday.

No one was hurt in the attack, understood to have hit a construction site near to a residential area after midnight in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, on the Red Sea.

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona, formed as a response to the rocket bombardment of the city by Hezbollah from Lebanon, secured its first Israeli league title after battling out a 0-0 draw.

The retail price of all grades of petrol will increase by 71c per litre on Wednesday, the Department of Energy has announced.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says the five rocket engines that launched Apollo 11 to the moon have been found at the bottom of the Atlantic.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says the five rocket booster engines that launched Apollo 11 to the moon in July 1969 have been found at the bottom ...

SEOUL — President Obama urged Chinese President Hu Jintao on Monday to help the United States ratchet up international pressure on North Korea as the White House sought to enlist China’s influence in its drive to halt Pyongyang’s plans to launch a long-range rocket next month. Read full article >>

Manolo Jimenez's side held on to record an invaluable victory moving it to within five points of safety as Los Che's grip on third place loosens.

The Two and a Half Men star is the 500th customer for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo rocket

PESHAWAR - A little girl was killed and one girl and four FC personnel were injured in a firing and rockets attack on a house and a check post at Matani area in outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday night. According to detail, the rockets fired from some unknown location at hit an FC post as well as a house at Matani area. The check post situated in Jani Khwar was hit by a rocket, however, another ....

PESHAWAR - A little girl was killed and one girl and four FC personnel were injured in a firing and rockets attack on a house and a check post at Matani area in outskirts of Peshawar on Tuesday night. According to detail, the rockets fired from some unknown location at hit an FC post as well as a house at Matani area. The check post situated in Jani Khwar was hit by a rocket, however, another ....

The Dow has risen four days straight, second time that has happened so far this year.

“I WATCHED a little baby die today. Absolutely horrific. There is just shells, rockets and tank fire pouring into civilian areas of this city and it is just unrelenting.” Thus reported Marie Colvin, an American journalist of extraordinary courage and integrity, to the BBC on Tuesday from the Syrian city of Homs. On Wednesday she was dead, killed along with the French photographer Remi Ochlik, r...

A figurative “for rent” sign hangs on the front gate of John F. Kennedy Space Center. Among the facilities available: A space shuttle launchpad, slightly used; a giant crawler for moving rockets, still servicable; two enormous mobile launch platforms; two space shuttle maintenance hangars; a 15,000-foot concrete runway, one of the world’s longest; and the blocky, 52-story Vehicle Assembly Build...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to deduce that breezy island living inspired culty California label Wildfox’s Summer ‘12 collection, whose lookbook just landed in our inbox (and stars the ever-enticing pink-haired model Charlotte Free, shot by The Cobrasnake himself, Mark Hunter).

Europe's new 30m-tall Vega rocket has launched on its first flight from Kourou in French Guiana, on a mission to put nine small satellites in orbit.

New cases of cancer in Ireland could rocket 72 per cent by 2030, health experts have warned.

Mr. Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo six months before the Space Shuttle Challenger’s explosion, warning that if it was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s rocket boosters could fail.

What is Full Throttle Saloon on TruTv and why haven't I memorized every single episode already? Because I need more natural patriotic beauty like this in my life. With hair like a melted rocket pop and tits of destruction that look like a Fix-A-Flat ass, Cathy tells her admirers outside of Full Throttle Saloon that believe or not it took six titty jobs for her to look like Kim Ka...

KENNY DALGLISH has warned his Liverpool stars: Forget our Wembley date today or face a rocket

While America is running down its manned space programme - further north - two Canadian students have shown that flying towards the edge of space does not always have to be rocket science.

A second suspect in a series of violent attacks against the Hemet Police Department, including the rigging of a rocket launcher to fire at the main police station, pleaded guilty to attempted murder on Monday and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

"It's like climbing into a rocket in here" David Lee Roth said he stepped onto the matchbox-sized stage at New York's 250-capacity Cafe Wha? for Van Halen's first concert in four years" "It's a rocket that comes from way back into the past into what the future's going to look...

The company has announced a final design, and launch schedule, for a massive new rocket.

BAIKONUR (AFP) - Russia on Wednesday sent a multinational crew of three astronauts to the International Space Station on a Soyuz rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, US NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers blasted off aboard a Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft at… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

Morgan Stanley communications equipment analyst Ehud Gelblum, who just yesterday warned of tough times for communications equipment makers, today writes that AT&T’s (T) calling off its bid for T-Mobile USA last night removes one of the main reasons he expressed caution yesterday. “With the T/TMO deal now officially called off, we believe a major overhang [...]

A study of the way our planet temporarily captures asteroids suggests that Earth should have at least one extra moon at any one time Back in 2006, the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona noticed that a mysterious body had begun orbiting the Earth. This object had a spectrum that was remarkably similar to the titanium white paint used on Saturn V rocket stages and, indeed, a number of rocket s...

A Russian Soyuz rocket launches from French Guiana - only the second such vehicle to fly out of the territory's new Sinnamary spaceport.

LONDON (Reuters) - Political turmoil in the euro zone is undermining the ability of computer-driven trading systems to cope with volatile market sentiment, challenging the "rocket scientists" who create them to seek new ways to guarantee returns.

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ELTON John loved his two weekend shows at Star, the Rocket Man telling casino boss Larry Mullin the Lyric venue was top international standard.

Toronto’s Planet Traveler attracts eco-friendly backpackers - and made a profit from the start

SHAHDADKOT (INP) - At least three persons of same family including two women were killed after rival group attacked house of a member of opponent group with rockets here late on Tuesday night.According to the police, a rival group of Chandio Tribe which had enmity with another group of same tribe over property and family feuds, fired rockets on a house located in village Waka of Shahdadkot.As a...

A spectacular strike from Andres Iniesta earned Barcelona a 1-0 win at third tier Hospitalet in a King's Cup last 32 first-leg match on Wednesday.

China blasted off a new data relay satellite, Tianlian I-02, on Monday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province. The new satellite will bolster the country's satellite communication network for space docking. The satellite was launched on a Long March-3C carrier rocket at 11:41 pm, sources at the center told Xinhua News Agency. The satellite separated ...

Iran announced Wednesday it has successfully launched a research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space -- a feat President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said showed Iran could defeat the West in the battle of technology.