The B-52 Stratofortress carries eight engines for one simple reason: the technology of the 1940s, when it was designed, wasn't capable of powering it with anything less. Engineers didn't have much ...

Shocking video captured the moment NASCAR racer Greg Biffle’s small plane exploded into a fireball as it crashed on an airport runway, killing the pro driver along with his wife, kids and three family ...

Plans to ban the sale of new combustion engine cars in the European Union by 2035 have been thrown into turmoil after pressure from car manufacturers. On Tuesday, the European Commission proposed ...

A proposal to revise an E.U. law requiring carmakers to stop producing combustion engines by 2035 would offer some relief to automakers, but it sets back the region’s climate goals. By Patricia Cohen ...

Tom Mueller is one of the key engineers behind the modern era of commercial spaceflight. In 2002, hot on the heels of selling his stake in PayPal for $1.5 billion, Elon Musk founded SpaceX with the ...

ASHLAND — The natural gas pipeline that exploded Thursday morning near Hayward was installed in the 1940s and was damaged during recent road construction work, according to a National Transportation ...

In the early 1930s, engineers and newspapers seriously promoted a transatlantic aircraft designed to function like a flying cruise ship. The concept envisioned a colossal seaplane with a wingspan ...

Rob Reiner has died at the age of 78. He and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead inside their Brentwood, Calif., home on Sunday (Dec. 14), in what authorities are investigating as an ...

A United Airlines flight bound for Tokyo was forced to return to Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia on Saturday afternoon after experiencing an engine failure during departure, the ...

A United Airlines flight returned safely to Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Saturday after the plane experienced an engine failure during its departure, the Federal Aviation Administration ...

United Airlines Flight 803, which was headed to Tokyo, safely landed at Washington Dulles International Airport on Saturday, officials said. By Mark Walker and Aimee Ortiz A flight bound for Tokyo ...