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Airline News
A SpiceJet Boeing 737-900ER (VT-SGD) seen taking off. (Photo by Nisarg Vyas via wikimedia)

India’s SpiceJet Shares Jump On Stake Sale Talk

Shares of Indian budget airline SpiceJet rose nearly 5% Tuesday as the carrier said foreign carriers had expressed acquisition interest.
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Airline News
United Airlines Boeing 747-400. (Photo by United)

United’s High-Speed Satellite WiFi Will Let Customers Choose Price Based On Speed

With new tech and a unique pricing scheme, UA just might alleviate two of the most common complaints about in-flight WiFi: price and speed.
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Manufacturer News
These are the remains of the lithium-ion battery that burst into flames inside a Boeing 787 last week. (Photo by NTSB)

NTSB Shows Off Crispy Boeing 787 Battery

NTSB investigators are making progress in their investigation of last week's Boeing 787 fire in Boston and shared some photos to prove it.
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Space News
NASA's Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. (Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems)

The Mars Mystique

After 50 years of missions to Mars, scientists are unlocking some of the mysteries surrounding a planet that has long captivated mankind.
by Pete Spotts, The Christian Science Monitor
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Space News
The Soyuz TMA-04M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 carrying Expedition 31 Soyuz Commander Gennady Padalka, NASA Flight Engineer Joseph Acaba and Flight Engineer Sergei Revin to the International Space Station. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Russia Plans Replacement For Soyuz Rocket

Russia's struggling space agency has unveiled a new program that will see the creation of a replacement for the aging Soyuz rocket by 2020.
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