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SpaceX cancels Starship megarocket launch in latest setback
AFP, Published on 25/08/2025
» SOUTH PADRE ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - SpaceX canceled a planned test flight for its Starship megarocket on Sunday, saying it needed time to troubleshoot problems, in the latest setback for Elon Musk's behemoth after a series of explosive failures.
In skies, as on land, European forces face gaps if US pulls back
AFP, Published on 11/04/2025
» LEEUWARDEN (NETHERLANDS) — Fighter jets from the United States, France, Finland and Germany roar into the skies from a Dutch base as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (Nato) biggest air exercise this year.
S.Africa clinic hopes to save penguins' future
AFP, Published on 14/06/2023
» GQEBERHA (SOUTH AFRICA) - A small fish is dangled under the beak of an emaciated penguin at a South African clinic, to whet the bird's appetite.
Out of gas in orbit? This US space company is here to help
AFP, Published on 27/04/2023
» COLORADO SPRINGS (UNITED STATES) - The US company Orbit Fab is aiming to produce the go-to "gas stations" in space, its CEO tells AFP, hoping its refueling technology will make the surging satellite industry more sustainable -- and profitable.
Australian surfs for 40 hours to smash world record
AFP, Published on 17/03/2023
» SYDNEY - Australian Blake Johnston on Friday shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, dodging swarms of jellyfish to ride hundreds of waves across 40 punishing hours.
Malawians dig through mud for cyclone dead
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» BLANTYRE, Malawi: Lacking sniffer dogs and armed just with shovels, rescuers in storm-ravaged Malawi on Thursday went on a grim hunt for buried bodies after Cyclone Freddy struck the southern African country, killing more than 200 people.
Mira Rai: child soldier, ultra-runner, mentor
AFP, Published on 08/03/2022
» KATHMANDU: For years Nepali child soldier turned ultra-runner Mira Rai trained alone every morning, but now she leads other young women up and down the hills, hoping the sport can help them break cycles of poverty and discrimination.
Webb telescope reaches final destination, a million miles from Earth
AFP, Published on 25/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at its cosmic parking spot a million miles away, bringing it a step closer to its mission to unravel the mysteries of the Universe, Nasa said Monday.
'Game changer' e-moped batteries spread from Taiwan across Asia
AFP, Published on 19/01/2022
» TAIPEI - Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels.
No animal left behind: Kenya holds first national wildlife census
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» ISIOLO (KENYA) - The flimsy planes tethered to metal drums to prevent them from accidentally becoming airborne are unlikely weapons in Kenya's fight to protect threatened species as it conducts its first national wildlife census.