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Dozens of passengers missing in Nile ferry accident

Last Updated: Saturday, December 5, 2009, 09:25

Dozens of passengers are missing after two ferries collided in the Rosetta branch of the Nile in northern Egypt.

Europe`s comet chaser makes last call home

Last Updated: Friday, November 13, 2009, 16:31

A billion-euro (1.5-billion-dollar) European spacecraft made a final flyby of Earth on Friday, using the planet as a gravitational slingshot to speed to a rendezvous with a comet in 2014.

Comet chaser Rosetta’s Earth swingby right on schedule

Last Updated: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 13:46

Estimates have shown that European Space Agency’s (ESA) comet chaser Rosetta’s Earth swingby is right on schedule, and it would pass within a few kilometers of the planned point of closest approach during the swingby.

Rosetta to make final swing by Earth on Nov 13

Last Updated: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 18:11

Rosetta will swing by Earth for the last time on Nov 13 to pick up energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey.