Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement carried by state media Friday that two oil tankers hit mines and caught fire in or near the Strait of Hormuz, a day after Tehran claimed five other tankers had met similar fates. “Two violating oil tankers — one east of the Strait of Hormuz and…
4m ago Iran says 2 tankers on “unauthorized route” in Strait of Hormuz had “incidents and were brought to a halt” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Friday that two oil tankers had been halted after unspecified “incidents” as they attempted to transit what Tehran considers an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz….
NASA is pressing ahead with Artemis moon program revisions to give the agency its best shot at a lunar landing in 2028 using a lander built by either Elon Musk’s SpaceX or Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, depending on which one testing indicates is the right choice, officials said Friday. The strategy is intended to provide…
Japan launched an ambitious $350 million mission to Mars on Monday to study the red planet’s two moons in unprecedented detail, dropping a small rover on the largest — Phobos — before the mothership touches down to robotically collect soil samples for return to Earth. The primary goal of the Martian Moons Exploration mission, or…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have morphed over the last decade from being a little-known group in northwest Yemen, to Iran’s most potent ally in the region and a central opponent of the United States and its allies across the Middle East. While Iran’s other proxy forces have been depleted in recent years, the Houthis have taken…
NASA’s Perseverance rover set an otherworldly driving record this week, traveling the farthest of any vehicle ever on the surface of another planet. The space agency said its rover, which has been exploring Mars since 2021, had driven 28.1 miles as of Sunday, exceeding the previous record set by NASA’s Opportunity rover, which drove 28.06…
For months, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched drone and rocket attacks targeting military and commercial vessels in the vital shipping lanes of the Red Sea and adjoining Gulf of Aden. On Jan. 11, 2024, the U.S. and British militaries, in conjunction with other allies, launched the first strikes in response, targeting Houthi weaponry in…
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a software glitch in some Boeing 737 Max jets that could prompt an automated flight guidance system to disengage during an aborted landing, commonly referred to as a go-around. In rare circumstances where there is a missed approach — and where a pilot is using a precision approach with…
A fishing vessel that sank off the coast of Rhode Island on New Year’s Day in 2019 with three men aboard has likely been located, an oceanic protection nonprofit said Tuesday. The investigation also found humans remains believed to belong to one of the two fishermen who died in the wreck. The F/V Mistress…
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday determined that President Trump’s planned triumphal arch next to Arlington Cemetery and near the Lincoln Memorial poses no hazard to flights coming into and departing from Washington Reagan National Airport. The FAA said that “the structure would have no substantial adverse effect” on the utilization of the D.C. National…
