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Obama announces US$3.8 trillion 2011 budget plan for US

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 Barack Obama, the US President, has announced a budget plan worth US$3.83 trillion for next year. The budget includes additional spending for job creation, but cuts for other areas. The president also forecast that the national debt would reach $1.56 trillion in 2010. Among the cuts proposed include scrapping the Constellation […]

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NASA spacecraft enters Mars orbit

Sunday, March 12, 2006 A NASA spacecraft set to probe Mars reached orbit around the planet on Friday, joining five others currently active. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter‘s two-year mission is expected to gather more information about Mars than all 12 previous successful missions put together. The MRO’s tasks will include scouting for possible future landing […]