Solar plane on cross-country US trip

The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on the sun’s power alone soared over the western United States late Friday on the first leg of cross-country journey.

The first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on the sun’s power alone soared over the western United States late Friday on the first leg of cross-country journey.

Travelers in Asia are expected to turn to the Internet more and more to book their flights and hotel rooms as more people in the region become more comfortable with making transactions over the Web.
Four astronauts are taking space shuttle Atlantis for one last ride — the very last one of the 30-year space shuttle era.

WASHINGTON – A nationwide computer failure has drastically disrupted US carrier United Airlines operations, the airline confirmed in a statement to Agence France-Presse late Friday “At approximately 7:15 p.m. central time (0015 GMT Saturday), United Airlines experienced a computer outage interrupting the airline’s flight departures, airport processing and reservations systems,” said the airline. “Our technology [...]