Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Life on the International Space Station

Almost a decade ago the International Space Station and its first crew started orbiting the Earth. Every year more and more components were added and the ISS grew and grew. 200 astronauts and scientists have been on the space station in these 10 years.

Airbus Plans New Supersonic Airplane

Airbus has announced that it is planning to build a new supersonic aircraft which will be able to transport one hundred passengers at a speed of 4,600 km an hour (about 2,600 mph). The plane would be the first supersonic airplane to be built after the Concorde, which stopped flying in 2003.