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Officer distracted by phone blamed for Korean ferry mishap
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» SEOUL - A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP on Thursday.
Veni, vidi, whoopsie: Australian schools make Caesar exam blunder
AFP, Published on 29/10/2025
» SYDNEY - They came, they saw, and they squandered a year's worth of lessons on Roman history.
Mission over for private US lander after wonky landing
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - Intuitive Machines' second Moon mission ended in disappointment Friday after its spacecraft tipped over and was left unable to recharge its solar-powered batteries, mirroring the US company's first attempt last year.
Musk's SpaceX faces new Starship setback
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» BOCA CHICA (UNITED STATES) - Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday once again lost the upper stage of its massive Starship rocket in a fiery explosion, even as the booster was successfully caught in its latest orbital test -- a near replay of the previous attempt.
In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon
AFP, Published on 02/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone -- and the first to do so upright.
After long wait, Virgin Galactic begins commercial spaceflights
AFP, Published on 29/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Virgin Galactic is set Thursday to finally begin commercial spaceflights, a major milestone for the company founded in 2004 by British billionaire Richard Branson.
EU defence chiefs to discuss arming Ukraine
AFP, Published on 08/03/2023
» KYIV: EU defence ministers were preparing to meet Wednesday to discuss a plan to rush one billion euros of ammunition to Ukraine as pressure mounts on Kyiv's allies to boost supplies to its war effort.
US grounds Virgin Galactic after space flight 'mishap'
AFP, Published on 03/09/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday said it was grounding space flights by Virgin Galactic while it investigates why the company's July 11 voyage carrying Richard Branson deviated from its planned trajectory.
17 killed in Philippine military plane crash
AFP, Published on 04/07/2021
» At least 17 people were killed and 40 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country's south, officials said.
Perseverance 'SuperCam' begins hunt for past life on Mars
AFP, Published on 11/03/2021
» PARIS - The bundle of instruments known as SuperCam on board the Perseverance Mars rover has collected its first samples in the hunt for past life on the Red Planet, mission scientists said Wednesday.