Flights grounded across Britain after air traffic control failure

 

Hundreds of flights have reportedly been cancelled across the UK following a major technical failure affecting Britain’s air traffic control system.

China's Long March-6C Carrier Rocket Successfully Makes Debut Flight

China's newest Long March-6C carrier rocket successfully made its first flight on Tuesday and delivered several satellites into orbit, the state-run China Central Television reported.

China Launches First Fourth-Generation Nuclear Power Plant in Shandong Province

China has commissioned what is believed to be the first fourth-generation nuclear power plant located in the country's eastern province of Shandong, the Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Wednesday.

After the Moon, India Launches Rocket to Study the Sun

Following the success of India’s moon landing, the country’s space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.

Japan's Epsilon-S solid-fuel rocket exploded during an engine trial at a testing site

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The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second stage engine, the official said.

China's lunar probe to carry payloads from European, French space agencies

China's next lunar probe Chang'e-6 will carry payloads from the European and French space agencies, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp revealed on Tuesday.

Progress MS-23 spacecraft carrying food, satellite, other cargo docks to ISS

The Progress MS-23 spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Wednesday, docked to the ‘Poisk’ module of the Russian segment of the International Space Station, according to a TASS reporter at the RKA Mission Control Center.

Carrying two military satellites Soyuz-2.1b rocket blasts off from Plesetsk spaceport

 

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Chinese-built Peljesac Bridge in Croatia opens to traffic

 

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 1. Time lapse: Construction of Peljesac Bridge.

Chinese Scientists Say Robot Fish Can Devour Ocean Plastics

 

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 Chinese scientists say they have invented a robot fish they hope can help rid the oceans of microplastics, according to a report.

EAU provoca fuertes lluvias artificiales con una nueva tecnología en medio de una ola de calor

 

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Tecnología y datos para luchar contra incendios forestales en España

 

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GLOBALink | Chinese researchers develop hybrid aerial underwater vehicle

 

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Italie : inopérant, le système de protection de Venise laisse la ville sous eaux - Belga

Les crues ont frappé mardi la ville italienne de Venise, submergeant certains de ses sites les plus célèbres, alors que son système de défense contre les inondations ne s’est pas activé et que des intempéries ont continué de frapper de grandes parties du pays. La ville se préparait à un niveau d’eau élevé de 145 centimètres, a déclaré le maire Luigi Brugnaro sur Twitter. La place Saint-Marc est déjà sous eau.

For First Time Venice Deploys Flood Barrier as Storm Drives Up Tide

 Venice deployed its long-delayed flood barriers for the first time on Saturday as forecasters warned that storms could combine with high tides to inundate the city.

South Africa launches powerful new telescope

South Africa has unveiled a new super radio telescope that will study galaxy formation, a first phase of what will be the world's largest telescope in a project to try to unravel the secrets of the universe.

Progress MS-09 Space Freighter Sets Record Reaching ISS in Less Than Four Hours

Progress MS-09 space freighter has managed to implement an ultra-quick scheme for reaching and docking with the International Space Station (ISS), which took less than four hours, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the Mission Control Center of the Roscosmos state space corporation.

China Plus: New generation of high-speed train world's longest

China has built a new generation of its Fuxing bullet train that is over 400 meters long, making it the longest train of its kind in the world, reports Beijing Youth Daily.

China sets up new laboratory for FAST telescope

A new laboratory focusing on China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) has opened, according to Science and Technology Daily.

China places seismometers in Indian Ocean

China recently placed multiple ocean seismometers in the Indian Ocean where no ocean-bottom seismographic observation was available in the Junhui hydrothermal field, a specialist said.