Space: 43 year old Austrian Felix Baumgartner completed a 39 km free fall jump on October 14, 2012. During his fall, Baumgartner was traveling at 833 mph or Mach 1.24. Aside from being the only man to achieve a supersonic skydive, the extreme athlete also broke two other records, including the highest exit from a platform at 128,000 feet and the highest free-fall without a drogue parachute. More ...
Sea: Debris discovered in the depths of the South Pacific may be remnants of vanished aviator Amelia Earhart’s plane. More ...
Poles: SS Terra Nova has been found in the waters of Greenland. SS Terra Nova is famous for taking Captain Scott's British team to Antarctica in 1910. They raced to be the first to the South Pole but were beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team by only a matter of days. On their way back, bad weather set in and Scott and several team members died. SS Terra Nova continued to work in Arctic and Antarctic waters before finally getting damaged by ice and sinking off Greenland in 1943. More ...
Space: NASA released new images from Mars Rover Curiosity. NASA scientist also announced that the rover's first destination will be a site called Glenelg, which is 1300 feet away from the landing site. More ...
Peaks: Climber Rick Allen tells of Mazeno success in Himalayas. He has still not recovered from the recent historic expedition on Nanga Parbat which left him "skeletal" and suffering from frostbite. More ...