The aerospace manufacturing company has launched a rocket with boosters from a previous flight. Experts called the launch "historic," with the potential to pave the way for less expensive space travel. USA | SpaceX Falcon 9 gestarted (picture-alliance/Zumapress/R. Huber) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk exclaimed there was a "revolution in spaceflight" Thursday after one of his recycled rockets successfully entered orbit for a second time. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 6:27 p.m. (2227 UTC) local time Thursday to launch a communications satellite into orbit for Luxembourg-based communications satellite owner and operator SES S.A. The rocket went into a geostationary transfer orbit, going as high as 22,000 miles (35,000 kilometers) above the Earth's surface before safely returning. SES S.A. chief technology officer Martin Halliwell called Thursday's launch, "a big step for everybody – something that's never, ever been done before."

Twitter on Thursday began rolling out changes to let people pack more into tweets, subtracting from the character count names of those being replied to in posts.

Mark Rittmann officially achieved internet fame on 11 October 2016. It was the day he documented an epic 11-hour struggle to get his Smarter iKettle to boil water for much needed tea, amid the opposing powers of forced debugging, a base station reset and what looked like general connectivity issues. His eventually victorious quest to wrestle a cup of tea from a rogue smart kettle became the go-to example for those debating whether having devices be smarter - and therefore more cost- and energy-saving - necessarily translates into having an easier life.

The Goolarabooloo people of Western Australia had known of the dinosaur tracks for centuries. The find of the world's biggest dinosaur footprint has put Australia's west coast on the paleontologist map. Australien James Price Point Landspitze bei Broome (picture-alliance/dpa/D. Peled) The 1.7-meter stegosaur footprints are the biggest of their kind yet discovered. They are just one of about 21 different kinds of dinosaur footprints found in the 25-kilometer (15.5-mile) stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline in northwest Australia.

There's new hope for men with erectile dysfunction. Danish researchers have found that stem cell therapy can help previously impotent men have spontaneous intercourse. The team led by Martha Haahr from Odense University Hospital in Denmark presented their findings at the European Association of Urology conference in London.

Apple's latest iPad – replacing the iPad Air 2 – is a relatively inexpensive 9.7in tablet that bridges the gap between the compact iPad mini and the high-end iPad Pro. Splitting the iPad offer into three distinct categories makes Apple's tablet offer clearer and easier for consumers to understand, which hasn't always been the case.

It's been a decades-long, controversial debate. Now environmental organizations are alleging that the chemical company, Monsanto, actively influenced studies on the risks and hazards of the pesticide active ingredient, glyphosate. Monsanto is said to have mislead regulators.

It was a light moment after a few nervous months in the science community, but one that quickly passed. "You could send congress to space," suggested US Senator Ted Cruz to the President as he spoke in support of NASA's ongoing work. "What a great idea," retorted Donald Trump, but he declined the temptation and the laughter stopped.

A years-long crime spree by Chinese toilet paper thieves may have reached the end of its roll after park officials in southern Beijing installed facial recognition technology to flush out bathroom bandits. Park managers at the Temple of Heaven, an expanse of imperial landmarks in the capital, spent three years testing ways to foil the toilet looters, including fingerprinting and laser sensors, before they settled on the new technology, which was introduced over the weekend.

We're in this wonderful place in Kourou, French Guiana. You're an engineer with the French Space Agency, CNES, and you live and work here? Tamara Tezzele: Yes, in fact I was born here. I grew up here. And I work here on what we call a "local contract," which means I'm here permanently in French Guiana. That's not the case for everybody. So living and working here would be normal for you. What about other people, do most people here work in the space industry?

A French biotech firm is hoping to gain approval within months for a nuclear medicine targeting the type of cancer that killed Steve Jobs.

Wednesday's indictments in the United States of four people in a 2014 cyber attack on Yahoo Inc provides the clearest details yet on what some US officials say is a symbiotic relationship between Moscow's security services and private Russian hackers. The indictment charges two officers of the FSB, Russia's Federal Security Service, and two hackers who allegedly worked hand-in-hand with them to crack 500 million Yahoo user accounts.

The Pop.Up, a capsule that can connect with a driving module as well as a drone-like airborne module, is a cooperation project between Airbus and the transportation company Italdesign. What is the division of labor like? Mathias Thomsen: We call it a research partnership because really it's been an exploration of new urban mobility concepts. We can see that the automotive industry and the aerospace sector, which we represent, are converging quite a bit when it comes to new mobility technology.

Running errands around Cairo’s hustle and bustle can often end up being a challenge, but Karim Elsahy has found a way to make the ordeal less wearisome by bringing a real-life “personal little helper” to help out from the comfort of a chat window; he dubbed the concept, Elves.

Germany's federal court ruled on Thursday that people "in extreme circumstances" should have legal access to drugs to end their own lives. The federal administrative court in Leipzig ruled in favor of "the right for a patient who is suffering and incurably ill to decide how and when their life should end" provided the patient "can freely express their will and act accordingly."

The feature was launched within a Facebook update with little fanfare, notes industry travel watcher Skift, and enables users to book their hotel room or make reservations in select cities directly through the app via a Book Now button.

The German city of Stuttgart is struggling to overcome its huge air pollution problem. There are options to reduce the environmental risks. Amongst them - a wall covered with moss. "Nitrogen dioxide has put our health at risk for decades." And for years, Maria Krautzberger, president of Germany's Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has pointed out the culprit: diesel car engines.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the newest addition to its multi-billion-euro Copernicus program. The monitoring network aims to track pollution, deforestation, weather, and other changes on Earth's surface. Sentinel 2 scans earth's vegetation The Sentinel-2B satellite entered orbit on Tuesday after blasting off from ESA's launch site Kourou in French Guiana. Its twin, Sentinel-2A, was launched in 2015. Both of the satellites are a part of a fleet set up for ESA's Copernicus Earth Monitoring program, which is the world's largest environmental monitoring project, according to the agency.

New data from the Consumer Technology Association finds that for 60% of Americans, the smartphone is now a vital part of purchasing goods and services.

Consumer Reports, an influential US non-profit watchdog that conducts extensive reviews of cars, kitchen appliances and other goods, is gearing up to start considering cyber security and privacy safeguards when scoring products.

Ride services company Uber Technologies Inc for years has used a secret tool to avoid authorities in markets where its service faced resistance by law enforcement or was banned, the company confirmed on Friday.