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Meet the man who flies drones into volcanoes

Ace drone pilot and professional photographer Stefan Forster reveals how he creates his stunning videos of natural wonders around the world.
Boom Supersonic's Overture aircraft.

Supersonic passenger travel given major boost by United Airlines

United Airlines has announced a plan to purchase up to 50 supersonic Overture aircraft from Colorado-based Boom Supersonic.
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Watch all the highlights of SpaceX’s latest spacecraft launch to ISS

SpaceX's latest supply mission to the International Space Station got off to a great start on Thursday. Click through to see the main highlights.
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Tesla restaurants are on the menu, new filing suggests

Tesla may open a chain of branded restaurants, likely at its Supercharger stations, according to documents filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.

Enjoy this 360 tour showing NASA’s giant training pool for astronauts

NASA has released a 360 video tour of its Neutral Buoyancy Lab, a facility that's home to a giant water tank used for training astronauts.
Venus hides a wealth of information that could help us better understand Earth and exoplanets. NASA's JPL is designing mission concepts to survive the planet's extreme temperatures and atmospheric pressure. This image is a composite of data from NASA's Magellan spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter.

NASA announces first Venus missions in more than 30 years

NASA will send two spacecraft to Venus toward the end of this decade in the first missions to the planet in more than 30 years.
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Tesla ditches a feature many owners didn’t even know they had

Tesla has ditched a feature on its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles because people rarely used it. But it seems that many folks didn't even know it was there.
Space debris damage to the space station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.

Space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm survives debris strike

The space station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm suffered a debris strike recently that caused a visible hole, though the device is still able to function.
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James Webb Space Telescope launch date slips again

The James Webb Space Telescope will not launch on October 31 as previously scheduled. Various concerns have pushed the launch date to November or December.
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Elon Musk reveals why Tesla prices have been creeping up

Prices for Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y vehicles have been creeping up in recent months. The electric-car maker's boss, Elon Musk, has now revealed why.
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SpaceX boss Elon Musk confirms work on first ocean spaceport

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has confirmed his company is now building its first ocean spaceport for Starship, and retweeted an image of what it could look like.
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China succeeds in first cargo mission to new space station

China has confirmed that its first cargo mission has successfully docked with its new space station, paving the way for a crewed visit in June.
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Mars-like photos show a dramatic view of our own planet

These spectacular photos captured by an astronaut on the space station may look like another planet, but they're actually of Earth.
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Watch this RC car skip across water in record-breaking ride

Watch this crazy record-breaking effort in which a remote-controlled car travels almost a mile across the surface of a lake.
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SpaceX launched a very special mission exactly one year ago

It is exactly a year since SpaceX's Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Here's a reminder of why it was such a special event.
The International Space Station.

Water bears are about to take a rocket ride to space

Water bears and glow-in-the-dark squid are about to blast into space where they'll become research subjects on the International Space Station.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.

NASA’s Mars drone survives malfunction scare during sixth flight

NASA’s Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, suffered a scare during its sixth flight on the red planet when the aircraft lost stability in the air.
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Twitter confirms cost of Twitter Blue subscription service

Twitter's new subscription service, Twitter Blue, is showing on its App Store page for iPhone. It offers various features, though doesn't appear to reduce ads.
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This gorgeous Earth image shot from the space station shows only water

A stunning photograph of Earth captured this week by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station shows only water.
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off on May 30, for the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dragon capsule. flight

SpaceX’s latest launch set new record for rocket’s nose cone

SpaceX is focused on reusing its launch vehicle to lower costs for space travel. We often hear about the successful booster landings, but how about the fairing?
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Tesla wants graffiti artists to gussy up Giga Berlin

As Tesla moves toward completing its Giga Berlin facility in Germany, the electric car company says it's looking for graffiti artists to give it some color.
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Reports of the demise of iconic YouTube video may be exaggerated

Many news outlets are claiming the iconic 'Charlie bit my finger' video is about to be removed from YouTube. But reports of its demise may be exaggerated.
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Eerily beautiful photos highlight how TV tech has changed

A remarkable set of photos taken by Japan-based photographer Lee Chapman shows old, long-forgotten television sets in their original surroundings.
Google Street View's first all-electric car, a Jaguar I-Pace.

Google deploys a Jaguar I-Pace as its first all-electric Street View car

It's taken a while, but Google has finally gotten around to deploying its first all-electric car for capturing Street View imagery.
Airbnb on a smartphone.

Airbnb boosts search features ahead of expected travel rebound

Accommodation service Airbnb is introducing a bunch of handy new features designed to improve the search experience on its website and app.
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Watch this jetpack stuntman take on Usain Bolt’s 100-meter record

Watch what happened when British stuntman Richard Browning recently donned his five-engine jetpack in a bid to beat Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint record.
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DJI shows off volcano video shot with its new FPV drone

DJI's FPV drone launched in March, the same month that a volcano in Iceland started to erupt. In this video, the two come together with spectacular results.

NASA orbiter photo shows Curiosity rover on desolate Mars surface

A new image captured recently by a NASA Mars orbiter shows its car-sized Curiosity rover looking tiny and isolated on the desolate Martian surface.
VSS Unity during a test flight to the edge of space.

Watch this ground view of Virgin Galactic’s spaceplane soaring toward space

Virgin Galactic has released dramatic footage showing its rocket-powered plane soaring toward space in a successful test flight on Saturday.
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Insta360’s One R camera gains lots of exciting new features

Insta360 has just rolled out one of the biggest updates yet for its One R modular camera kit, adding plenty of new functions and features.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.

NASA’s Mars helicopter aiming for two records on next flight

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter will take to the Martian skies for the sixth time in the coming days in a flight that will aim to set two records.
VSS Unity during a test flight to the edge of space.

Virgin Galactic preps rocket plane for Saturday test flight

Virgin Galactic will send its suborbital space plane on another rocket-powered test flight on Saturday as it eyes the launch of a space tourism service.
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Check out this new flying taxi design from Volocopter

German company Volocopter has unveiled its latest electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft designed to connect suburbs and cities.
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China’s Zhurong rover beams back its first Mars images

Check out the first images beamed back to Earth by China's Zhurong Mars rover, which landed on the Martian surface over the weekend.