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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The Guinness Book of Records officially recognises the speed record set by Nasa's X-43A hypersonic aircraft.
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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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American Superconductor announces record sales and progress toward profitability.
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Yes, but what, exactly? Competition Our report today into the successful test of a Cambridge University "Spaceflight" project experimental electronics package - which was carried by helium balloon to a heady 32.2km (105,600ft) - contains the provocative idea that El Reg might like to contribute something to a future payload.â¦
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It&#39;s small, but it&#39;s fast, as NASA&#39;s unmanned &quot;scramjet&quot; proved Tuesday in a record-breaking demonstration above the Pacific Ocean.
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PHILADELPHIA _ A Swedish astronaut kept a Frisbee in the air for 20 seconds Friday, claiming the new world record for "Maximum Time Aloft".  Only thing is, it was floating in zero gravity, aboard the International Space Station.
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Two pilots aboard the Saturn  Lightship blimp set out from California on Monday to break an  endurance record and, they hope, reintroduce an icon of U.S.  sports culture as an instrument of national security.
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British athletes were not the only ones making history in the Olympic Stadium on the final day of competition. The keenest of track historians, Hicham El Guerrouj entered the record books as
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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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David Hempleman-Adams crosses Atlantic in world's longest flight for helium balloon.
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NASA&#39;s X-43A scramjet programme successfully smashed its own world speed record for aircraft by flying at nearly 10 times the speed of sound.
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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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American adventurer Steve Fossett set a world record by piloting a new generation airship to 111.8 kilometres (69.5 miles) per hour over Lake Constance, the organisers said.
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America's Aaron Peirsol breaks his own  200m backstroke world record at the Short Course World Championships.
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The most boffin-heavy birthday bash, ever
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Secret warhead tested in helium-filled polytunnel It's been a big 24 hours for the US weapons-tech establishment in terms of making stuff go really fast. American war-boffins shot a railgun slug with ten megajoules of muzzle energy (and speed of Mach 7+) yesterday; a different weapons lab has also broken the world land speed record.â¦