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The U.S. Air Force has abandoned plans to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll using Elon Musk ...
An expedition to a remote and tiny island this fall will attempt to locate Amelia Earhart's plane​ in the Pacific Ocean.
Amelia Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937, over the Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea, in one of the most enduring mysteries in aviation history ...
A new image could provide a crucial clue in the decades-long hunt for answers about the fate of famed U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart, nearly 90 years after she disappeared.
Point Nemo is the point in the ocean furthest from any land, but it’s not the only place where an astronaut might be the closest person nearby.
The East Pacific Rise—part of the globe-spanning, mid-ocean-ridge volcanic mountain chain—has two tectonic plates splitting apart at over 4 inches per year, making it a prime research location.