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  • N Korea warns that nuke test may be imminent

    January 23, 2013 10:42 PM

    SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea is warning that it is prepared to conduct a nuclear test and carry out more long-range rocket launches. In a statement carried Thursday by state media, the National Defense Commission in Pyongyang threatened to wage a "full-fledged confrontation" against the U.S. for what it... more »
  • UN Security Council condemns NKorea rocket launch

    December 12, 2012 1:32 PM

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council is condemning North Korea's successful rocket launch. The U.N.'s most powerful body said in a brief statement after closed consultations Wednesday that the launch violated a 2009 Security Council resolution banning "any launch using ballistic missile technology." The council said that after the... more »
  • SKorea says NKorea has fired long-range rocket

    December 11, 2012 7:16 PM

    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea says North Korea has fired a long-range rocket in a defiant move just days ahead of South Korea's presidential election. It was the second rocket launch under leader Kim Jong Un. Kim took power following his father Kim Jong Il's death one year ago.... more »
  • Gaza militant group says top fighter killed

    November 19, 2012 10:24 AM

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says an Israeli strike on a Gaza media center has killed one of its top militant leaders. Monday's strike in downtown Gaza City was part of a widening 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire. It's the second strike... more »
  • Israel hits dozens of targets in Gaza

    November 14, 2012 12:08 PM

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel has been hitting dozens of targets in Gaza, in the most intense attack since an Israeli offensive four years ago. Earlier today, an Israeli airstrike killed the commander of the Hamas military wing in Gaza. The killing marks a dramatic resumption of Israel's policy... more »
  • NASA reschedules Va. suborbital rocket launches

    March 21, 2012 8:51 AM

    ATLANTIC, Va.- Bad weather has prompted NASA to reschedule the launch of five rockets from its Wallops Facility in Virginia. The rockets are part of a study of the upper-level jet stream. The launch had been set for Wednesday morning but has now been pushed back to early Thursday. Bad... more »
  • Vitter: NASA selects New Orleans for part of rocket project

    September 29, 2011 2:44 PM

    NEW ORLEANS - NASA has chosen the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to construct some of the components of its new heavy-lift rocket. That's according to Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana. The rocket's design was unveiled by NASA on Sept. 14. NASA said that it... more »
  • John Glenn: Keep space shuttles until there's a replacement

    June 21, 2010 1:28 PM

    Mercury astronaut John Glenn says if the space shuttles are working well, why get rid of them? Glenn is questioning NASA's decision to retire the shuttle fleet and rely on Russia to take astronauts to the International Space Station. The 88-year-old Glenn says depending on Russia for the... more »
  • NASA's experimental rocket lifts off, lands in ocean

    October 28, 2009 5:07 PM

    NASA's Ares rocket took off today, after weather scrubbed the liftoff yesterday. NASA officials say the two minute flight was a success, and ended with crews recovering the rocket from the Atlantic Ocean. more »
  • NASA test flight delayed

    October 27, 2009 1:36 PM

    Update: NASA scrubbed its Ares rocket test flight Tuesday because of high wind and clouds. Liftoff for the rocket has been reset for Wednesday. The space craft is meant to eventually replace the aging space shuttle fleet. NASA says the Ares line should be ready by 2015. ... more »
  • Weather could delay NASA test flight

    October 27, 2009 6:12 AM

    NASA's newest rocket, the Ares I-X, is on the verge of blasting off, but bad weather could delay the flight today. It's the first step in NASA's effort to return astronauts to the moon. The flight will last two minutes and cost $445 million. NASA managers say they expect to... more »

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