An unmanned spacecraft privately financed by the Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, lost control and crashed during its third month of test flight in West Texas.
In its third month of test flight, an unmanned spacecraft lost control and crashed, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who privately funded the vehicle, announced on Friday.
President Barack Obama, under fire over high unemployment, stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to pass transportation legislation he said would protect almost 1 million American jobs.
As a blow to commercial space programs, an unmanned spacecraft privately funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos crashed during a test flight, said the billionaire CEO on Friday.
An unmanned spacecraft financed by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos failed during a test flight last week. The experimental suborbital space vehicle was developed by Blue Origin, a space startup founded by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos.
U.S. airlines canceled more than 10,000 flights due to Hurricane Irene by late Saturday, while New York and other eastern cities initiated sweeping storm-related shutdowns of rail and mass transit systems.
U.S. airline, rail and transit systems in New York and other eastern cities initiated sweeping weekend shutdowns and slowdowns on Saturday as Hurricane Irene bore down on the region.
U.S. airlines have cut at least 1,000 flights and are moving airplanes out of the anticipated path of Hurricane Irene, while airports are taking steps to minimize damage from the storm.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled as airlines scramble to come up with a plan ahead of Hurricane Irene's expected hit along the East Coast.
After years of headaches and heartbreak, Boeing Co. got the green light from the U.S. government on Friday to enter its 787 Dreamliner into commercial service to fly passengers.
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rattled Washington DC and sent tremors all the way north to New York City and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The earthquake struck around 1:51 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
A crowd of 75,000 people witnessed a horrifying moment at the Selfridge, Mich., Air Show on Sunday when a wingwalker, Todd Green, died after falling from 200 feet.
A pilot and a teacher died while a family of four waited 14 hours to be rescued from a plane crash in the mountains of Alaska.
After rising steadily from the market-bottom of March 2009 to April 2010, Boeing stock has basically been flat.
Since mid-May 2011, Boeing shares have plunged from just under $80 to about $57, about a 29 percent decline.
Amidst union stalemates and subsidy negotiations, Congress passed a temporary bi-partisan reauthorization bill on Thursday that would allow the Federal Aviation Administration to collect taxes and return thousands of employees back to work after the shutdown.
Army officer Donna Bachler has not had a regular paycheck since she left active duty four years ago, even though she boasts the kind of skills employers vie for.
Congressional leaders struck a deal on Thursday to resolve a partisan dispute and end a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has halted airport projects and threatened thousands of jobs.
Congressional leaders struck a deal on Thursday to resolve a partisan dispute and end a partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration that has halted airport projects and threatened thousands of jobs.
Lawmakers agreed to fund the Federal Aviation Administration and end the 13-day shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on Thursday.
The U.S. Debt Deal crisis has claimed another casualty: the U.S. air transportation system -- Congress has left town without funding a key Federal Aviation Administration budget: as a result, 70,000 construction and related workers have been idled, and 4,000 furloughed, work on projects valued at $11 billion has been delayed.
President Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to end the 12 day long FAA shutdown, as they recessed for the summer. The President remarked that members need not even return to town to resolve the dispute, and that it could be done through a procedural agreement when the debate resumes in September. He stated, "This is a lose, lose, lose situation that can be easily solved...."
