QE2 sets sail on last world cruise
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One of the world's most famous cruise ships -- the Queen Elizabeth 2 -- set sail Sunday on its final global voyage before being turned into a floating hotel, British media reported.
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Travel: A new route from Madrid to Malaga marks the final link in a luxurious rail trip from London to the Costa del Sol. Robin McKie puts it to the test
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Â After two months of delay, a new Columbus voyage set sail aboard NASA's shuttle Atlantis Thursday as seven astronauts rocketed toward the International Space Station (ISS) with a European-built lab.
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The Airbus A380 starts a global journey which will take in the North and South Poles on the last of a series of test flights before it applies for its air safety certificate.
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Sir Richard Branson has kick-started a new space race, with plans to start tourist trips to the edge of the atmosphere. But are we ready for holidays at the final frontier?
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Britain's most famous liner, the QE2, departs on her final world trip before being turned into a floating hotel in Dubai.
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LOS ANGELES A private spaceship is to blast off for the second time in a week on Monday in the final stage of an attempt to win a $10 million prize.
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&quot;Please help me. These may be my last hours.&quot; Margaret Hassan shown in a video pleading for a change in British policy. Photo: Reuters.
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There will be a new, larger class of yacht at the next Americaâs Cup, and the Cup will be held in Europe.
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As expected, Microsoft on Friday issued the second release candidate of Windows Vista - the last public build before the next-generation operating system is released to manufacturing. As with the interim build before it, RC2 will be available to a limited number of CPP participants.
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The Queen is beginning the second day of her official visit to Germany, with a major conference on climate change among her engagements.
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Virgin CEO Richard Bransonâs Virgin Space Ship Enterprise Is Set To Set The World On Fire. We Dose Him With Cold Water With Our Rundown Of Things To Expect With The Launch Of Virgin Galactic.
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Seagull poo on solar cells is primary tech snag In the Irish Sea off Wales this week, a new kind of robot is taking to the waves. For once, this is not a military kill-droid, nor a securo-pork powered surveillance machine. Instead, we are seeing the debut of the fully-autonomous sailboat, which uses its own software to navigate out at sea. For now the uninhabited windjammers will stay relatively close to home but, next year, their successors will race across the Atlantic.â¦
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With the launch of the Costa Magica on Nov. 6 came a flurry of announcements from the cruise line and Carnival Corporation underlining the growing strength of the European cruise market and the company s ...
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Will attempt Paris-London in 2hrs 15mins Eurostar will this morning try to set a new Paris-London time record during the inaugural run along the recently-completed British "High Speed 1" track to St Pancras International station, Reuters reports.â¦
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Science & environment: An armada of robot submarines and marine sensors are to be deployed across the Atlantic
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The Queen Mary 2 arrives in Sydney on her maiden voyage, set to meet the other Cunard royal liner.