http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. As the world marvels at the latest US Mars landing, a Dutch start-up is aiming to beat NASA at its own game by sending the first humans to the red planet -- and film all as a reality show. http://phys.org/news263976057.html Space & Earth Sun, 12 Aug 2012 07:42:19 EST news263976057 The maiden flight of a Soyuz from Europe's space base will go ahead as scheduled on October 20, as it is a different version from the rocket involved in Wednesday's launch failure by Russia, Arianespace said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news233484875.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:54:49 EST news233484875 Russia on Thursday grounded its Soyuz rockets after a space ship carrying tonnes of cargo for the International Space Station (ISS) crashed into Siberia shortly after blast-off, officials said. http://phys.org/news233461963.html Space & Earth Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:40:01 EST news233461963 The seeds that drop from maple trees each fall, whirring softly to the ground like silent one-winged helicopters, are the inspiration for a new kind of flying machine that could be useful for military information-gathering. http://phys.org/news232646478.html Electronics Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:03:19 EST news232646478 The best way for autonomous machines, networks and robots to improve in future will be for them to publish their own upgrade suggestions on the Internet. This transparent dialogue will help humans to both guide and trust them, according to research published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, published by SAGE. http://phys.org/news229948464.html Technology Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:34:37 EST news229948464 A European freighter will be destroyed by atmospheric burn-up next week after completing its supply mission to mankind's orbital outpost, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. http://phys.org/news227532291.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:25:05 EST news227532291 The fourth of Europe's robot freighters, due to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2013, has been named after Albert Einstein, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news225616162.html Space & Earth Thu, 26 May 2011 08:09:39 EST news225616162 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is going to send a spacecraft to an asteroid and bring back samples to Earth. http://phys.org/news225561790.html Space & Earth Wed, 25 May 2011 17:03:34 EST news225561790 (AP) -- The Air Force is preparing to send a second version of its secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle into space. http://phys.org/news218435727.html Space & Earth Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:35:40 EST news218435727