Helium balloon Brit breaks distance record
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3,434km across the Atlantic Intrepid Brit adventurer David Hempleman-Adams this morning broke the distance record for a AA-06 (37,000 cu ft) helium balloon, having by 4am travelled 3,434km across the Atlantic, thereby claiming the FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale) crown.â¦
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Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 meters freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
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LONDON, England -- A US scientist is reported to have observed a surprising jump in the amount of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.
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New Olympic record holder British cyclist Bradley Wiggins won the men&#39;s individual pursuit at the Athens Olympics with a time of 4:16.
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World News &gt; Washington, Nov 17 : NASA&#39;s hypersonic experimental scramjet X-43A has broken the aircraft speed record by clocking 7000 miles per hour which is nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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A HYPERSONIC jet fuelled by Australian technology has smashed the world speed record reaching 10 times the speed of sound at 11,265km/h.
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Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at around  320 kilometers (about 199 miles) per hour.
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A Eurostar train shattered the record for the quickest rail journey between Paris and London on Tuesday, using a new high-speed track that shaved some 30 minutes off the previous fastest time.
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In the quest for a cheaper route to space, astronauts competing for the X Prize are willing to take risks. But some wonder if blasting off in an untested rocket ship suspended from a giant balloon is taking things too far. By Dan Brekke.
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Balloon flight success for budget von Brauns Students from the University of Cambridge "Spaceflight" project last week pulled off quite a coup when they successfully dispatched an experimental electronics package into the upper atmosphere strapped to a weather balloon, in the process capturing some impressive images of planet Earth from a peak altitude of 32.2km (105,600ft)â¦
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Thousands of people dressed as Santa Claus took part in the English city of Liverpool's annual &quot;Santa Dash&quot;, setting a new world record in the process, organisers of the event said.
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American adventurer Steve Fossett broke the speed record for airships in a flight with a German company's new-look Zeppelin, the manufacturer said on Wednesday.
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altitude without the heart-stopping barrel rolls that vexed the craft&#39;s qualifying flight on Wednesday. world altitude record for a fixed-wing aircraft, set in 1963 by the experimental X-15 rocket plane.
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Supporters said Monday they were praying for the safety of a Japanese balloonist who lost contact three days ago over the Pacific Ocean on a bid to break his own record for the longest journey.
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Beams back images of first approach NASA's Messenger yesterday successfully completed its first fly-by of Mercury, passing roughly 124 miles (200km) above the surface of the planet.â¦
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American Superconductor announces record sales and progress toward profitability.
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An unmanned experimental jet broke  a world record for speed on Tuesday by accelerating to about  7,000 miles per hour high over the Pacific Ocean in a NASA test  of cutting-edge engine technology.