The video, shot by men believed to be soldiers on the mission, shows the Hercules aircraft flying overhead as various vehicles and gear is dropped gently down to solid ground.

The latest images capture two giant craters up close, called Haulani and Oxo.
They show the impacts that formed them are fresh - and even show the giant landslides at the crater's rim they caused.

University of Science and Technology of China unveiled Jia Jia today, which is an interactive robot that looks like a real woman. It can speak, show micro-expressions, move its lips and body.

A study from London-based Ofcom has found 16 per cent of adults now only use smartphones or tablets to go online, a 10 per cent increase on last year. Stock image pictured.

Facebook is rolling out audio-based group calling for Messenger that lets users dial up to 50 friends simultaneously. In the next 24 hours, users will see a red phone icon in a group chat to start calls.

The organ was found in 113-119 million-year-old fish called Rhacolepis unearthed in the Santana Formation of Brazil. This is the first definite fossilised heart found in any prehistoric animal.

Researchers at John Hopkins University, Baltimore have conducted the most precise measurement of the universe's expansion using the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Researchers at Dolphins Plus in Florida and a team from the University of Southern Mississippi, recorded the noises of dolphins as they cooperated to open a canister containing food.

According to the team, led by researchers at the University of Florida, the fossils indicate that monkeys (related to capuchins, pictured) were established before the continents joined.

Solar Impulse 2 (pictured) took off from Hawaii today headed for Mountain View in California, nine months after being grounded following a fried battery.

The subscale aircraft weighs 325 pounds and is a 20% scale flight model of the full scale demonstrator Aurora will build for Darpa in the next 24 months.

A group in the US has found older people who look after dogs benefit from the exercise of regular walks, giving them a lower BMI and making them visit their doctor less.

Top officials working on the lunar and Mars missions for the Beijing-based CNSA have revealed the agency's plans for planetary exploration and future collaboration.

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine used coated nanowires and a gel to generate supercharged batteries (illustrated) that could extend the lifespans of gadgets.

Researchers from the California and Cambridge found no matter how much people earned, or how much debt they had, a buffer of easily accessible cash was associated with greater happiness.

Facebook and Instagram appeared to crash around 12:30pm BST (7:30am ET) today, leaving some users unable to access their accounts. It appears the outage mostly affected users in the UK.

The Montreal-based company behind the popular Pornhub website will let consumers text emoji to receive suggestions of racy videos to watch suited to their particular taste.

Researchers in Switzerland and Germany looked at millions of product names and titles of books, films and video clips to see if the effect had any impact on the way we use words,

Researchers at the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich have showed psilocybin -found in magic mushrooms (pictured)- changes the processing of social conflicts in the brain.

The latest image from Nasa's Cassini spacecraft shows a sinuous feature that snakes northward from Enceladus' south pole like a giant tentacle.

Researchers in Colorado studied the impacts of two weeks in space on a group of mice. They found the mce returned with signs of early liver damage, which could be related to lean muscle mass or stress.

Despite previous claims Netflix customers aren't compelled to deal with the hassle of offline viewing, Boston-based boss Reed Hastings (pictured) has said the firm needs to be 'open minded' about it.

Ray Kurzweil (pictured), an author who describes himself as a futurist who works on California-based Google's machine learning project, predicts that by 2029, humans will be extending their lives.

Researchers at the Universities of Virginia and Purdue studied ShotSpotter data collected in Washington DC and Oakland, California, and found far more shots are fired than are reported.

A woman in Japan found an insect the size of a bird crawling over one of the sweaters in her closet. The giant Asian hornet, sometimes known as a sparrow bee, is native to the mountains of Japan.

The European Commission said that if found guilty, the company faces a heavy fine and would be forced to clean up its act.

In the 1990s brands were beginning to experiment with their websites but early homepage designs left a lot to be desired with grey backdrops, tiny wording and old fashioned fonts.

Video footage shows a robot in China playing a game of badminton against a human. The match took place on April 16 during an amateur competition. It's due to go onsale in weeks.

Rug designer Luke Irwin found the 'elaborate and extraordinarily well-preserved' remains after unearthing a Roman mosaic at his home near the village of Tisbury in Wiltshire.

People who manage fewer than four hours a night or who wake regularly are more at risk of developing dementia, according to researchers from the University of Caen Normandy, France.

Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry narrated a recent video from London's Royal Institution about the history of the number zero, from resistance by the Roman Empire to its use in modern computing.

The project, dubbed Breakthrough Starshot, will rely on tiny so-called 'nanocraft' flying on sails pushed by beams of light to travel 25 trillion miles to Alpha Centauri.

Duckietown is the brainchild of computer scientists at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (Csail) where students are taught about autonomous vehicle technologies.

New research has revealed 93 per cent of the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland has been affected by coral bleaching, with the north region the most badly damaged.

A peaceful whale-watching expedition off the coast of California turned into a nightmare when a swarm of about 1,000 dolphins appeared out of nowhere.

Four out of five Americans are experiencing far better weather now than they did forty years ago despite the doom-laden warnings issued by climate scientists over the impacts of global warming.

Engineers at Auburn University in Alabama found they can triple the sensitivity of dogs' noses by giving them a spray of tiny zinc particles before they take a sniff and could lead to better sniffer dogs.

A team of researchers led by Dr Matthias Kadler, from the University of Würzburg say the high-energy neutrino came from a distant 'blazar' galaxy called PKS B1424-418.

Designed by GE Global Research, in Albany, New York, the turbine (pictured) could power 10,000 homes and could help to solve some of the world's growing energy challenges.

The Washington-based agency told users not to 'misrepresent' Nasa, the evidence is 'very clearly documented' and that Nasa doesn't 'fudge' the numbers.

Worried that your beloved might be straying? Forget snooping through windows or checking mobile phones - now your bed can do the spying for you with the launch of a new 'smartress'.

Vision problems in children can often go undetected because they are unaware their sight is not normal, The Association of Optometrists (AOP) warned today.

The report reveals the highly classified craft is 'projected to enter service in the mid-2020s, building to a fleet of 100 aircraft.' It will be capable of operation by an onboard crew or piloted remotely.

Stephen Hawking explained theories about black holes at the inauguration of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative on Monday. The program will specifically focus on black hole research.

Instagram is revamping its Explore feature in the US to include suggested video channels based on your interests. Update includes 'Videos You Might Like' and 'Featured' channels.

Researchers at Cambridge University analysed social media posts in London and found deprived areas with high social diversity in 2010 later became gentrified in 2015.

Chinese scientists developed an AI that can initiate dialogue while conversing with humans. StalemateBreaker identifies triggers linked to awkward silence and interjects relevant content.

A report by The Alliance for Natural Health USA found detectable traces of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, in 10 of 24 foods tested, including bagels, eggs, wholewheat bread and coffee creamers.

A new demo from the mysterious startup Magic Leap gives a glimpse into what your mornings could be like in a 'mixed reality' future. The video is shot through the view of the Magic Leap technology.

Apple has hired Tesla's former VP of vehicle engineer, Chris Porritt. Sources say he will be working on 'special projects'which is also known as 'Project Titan' - Apple's electric car.

A massive tombstone has been found close to the current cathedral in Mexico City by engineers attempting to install new lights. It bears the name of a 16th century priest, Miguel de Palomares.

Archaeologists uncovered the remains (pictured) of around 100 bodies in the Tollense Valley in northern Germany, suggesting brutal hand-to-hand combat between warring tribes.

The University of Washington and Microsoft researchers chopped up digital data and encoded it into nucleotide sequence of synthetic DNA snippets that sit on the end of a test tube.

Drones could be bringing parcels to your door within two years, thanks to a bill that left the Senate today. The bill, which passed the Senate 95-3 Tuesday, demands drone deliveries within two years.

Researchers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina presented different scents to lemurs to find they preferred layered 'perfumes' to pure secretions from strangers.

Experts attempted to eradicate rats from remote Henderson Island but a population of 60 individuals that evaded poisoning, has led to the population bouncing back.

Researchers at the University of Oxford focusing on how the chameleon strikes out at its lunch (illustrated) have broken the process into the three constituent parts .

According to new analyses from an international team of researchers, early migrants of the Western Hemisphere were a part of humans' global dispersal, rather than a single unique event.

The bottle (pictured) was eventually picked up in April last year by retired post office worker Marianne Winkler as she holidayed on the island of Amrum, off the north coast of Germany.

Scientists at the Universities of Sheffield and Tel Aviv say the DNA of Yiddish speakers may have originated from four ancient villages in north-eastern Turkey.

British virtual reality headset manufacturer AuraVisor has teamed up with porn studio VR Bangers to create the service, which will cost $19.99 during its trial in Las Vegas hotels.

The missiles, which are stockpiled at the Pentagon in Virginia, became the centre of a debate after Orbital ATK revealed it wanted to try and repurpose them as commercial satellites.

A red dot was seen hovering in the sky earlier today before another white one flying across the halo, claimed residents in Shanghai. A meteorological expert said they could just be drones.

The Californian firm has detailed its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint, sourcing greener materials and recycling, on a new questions and answers section of its website.

The Airlander 10's official name was revealed by the Duke of Kent at a ceremony at its hangar in Shortstown, Bedfordshire, just days after regulators issued a permit for it to conduct its first test flight.

The Posting Tail is a smart vest that tracks tail-wags to determine when your dog is happy, and it can snap a photo of the moment and upload it right to social media.

The research was carried out by Columbia University. The tool asks users to connect their Foursquare, Instagram and Twitter accounts and will make guesses about their details.

Researchers compiled the top deal breakers people have when finding a mate. They found people give these more weight, which in turn overshadows any deal makers their potential mate might possess.

Firebox, the company behind spill-proof mugs, has now made an equivalent for alcoholic drinks - beer, wine and whiskey glasses with a grip on the bottom so they cannot spill.

Researchers discovered seven month old's have basic social skills - and can already understand what their parents are doing.

In a speech in Amsterdam, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said she was looking closely at whether the search engine giant was shutting out rivals with its operating system contracts.

Is that thought that epicatechin, a plant chemical particularly abundant in dark chocolate, gives the body a boost by widening the blood vessels.

Researchers seeking to assess the mood of Britain's workforce found two thirds of employees admitted struggling in work situations, while four in 10 fear being exposed for not being good enough.

Snapchatters will not be able to add colourful emojis to their creative videos. Snapchat is adding 3D stickers that can be pinned to an object in the clip, which moves, rotates and changes size.

Scientists at the University of Leicester say the pigments from the fossil's eyes (fossil pictured) are the oldest pigments ever discovered and also prove the creature did indeed have eyes.

A parchment (pictured) featuring the Latin words to a monastic chant called the Feast of Epiphany was found inside the binding of a medieval book in the parish library at Norwich Cathedral in Norfolk.

Rug designer Luke Irwin found the 'elaborate and extraordinarily well-preserved' remains after unearthing a Roman mosaic at his home near the village of Tisbury in Wiltshire.

The nation's relationship with milk and dairy seems to have soured. One in five Britons claims to have bought or eaten dairy-free alternatives in the past six months.

LinkedIn Student aims to take the guesswork out of find a job after graduation. Just like Tinder, the app shows users job opportunities and internships based on their personal information.

A cyber security team at the US Department of Homeland Security has warned computers using Windows could be vulnerable to attack if they are running Apple's QuickTime media player.

Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Centre in New York have unravelled the process to find that four identical units within each cell must be stimulated before a gland can work.

Boaty McBoatface has topped a poll over the name for a new polar research ship as the competition launched by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) closed.

Scientists at Texas A&M; University have found that pupils get a cognitive boost of between seven and 14 per cent when they are standing during lessons compared to sitting at their desks.

UCL researchers studied rats' brains and found memories are formed in one part of the brain, then they are replayed and transferred to a different area during rest.

The 'UFO' sighting near the International Space Station has sparked debate among conspiracy theorists who believe the feed was cut as part of an alien cover-up being conducted by Nasa.

Researchers at Princeton University have predicted the existence of a new state of matter, which is created through the action of a particle known as the 'hourglass fermion.'

The British astronaut snapped a stunning picture of the UK from his current base on the International Space Station (ISS) as it orbited 255 miles (410km) above the Earth.

Researchers at Yale University said children as young as 12 months can be persuaded to do something bad if they are offered enough of an incentive.

The incredible video was recorded by Steve Winkworth, at Cabo Marshall, a dive site off the north coast of Isabela in the Galapagos Islands, and shows the human-sized lizard in clear water.

According to an expert from Yale University, modern humans' ability to throw may stem from early hunting techniques, when hurling a hard object was the best way to take down prey.

The Model S will now also come with a 48-amp charger standard, compared to the 40 amps that was offered previously.

In a new video from GizmoSlip , a new iPhone SE is submerged in a bowl of water before being frozen into an ice block - and then it's dropped 100 ft. from the top of a building. And, it survives.

A study from University College London found that women who take competition with female co-workers too seriously might actually be damaging their careers (stock image).

Using scanning electron microscopy, researchers from the University of Sydney compared the thickness of cuticles taken from specimens of bed bugs (stock image) resistant to insecticides.

Minnesota-based Piper Jaffray surveyed 6,500 teenagers. Snapchat was listed as the most important network among 28 per cent of participants, followed Instagram, Twitter and Facebook

The firm says British and European travellers should be able to trace their luggage on a Track&Go; system, which will be 'competitively priced', before the end of this year.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have determined who the sport's best driver is, based driver talent rather than team or technology of the car (pictured is a modern F1 Mercedes).

The $230 Lioness vibrator uses an array of sensors to detect changes in temperature, contraction, and positioning, allowing it to create a personalized profile of a person's sex drive.

Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford and University of California, San Diego, have found the same mechanism which stops movements in their tracks could be stopping our thoughts (pictured).

Experts believe the find in the Altai Mountains dates to 1,500 years ago and appears to be the first complete Turkic burial in Central Asia. The mummy's boots are shown.

Author David Schuster, of Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne said the condition was defined by neurologist George Beard in 1869.

The icebergs broke free from the Nansen ice shelf. which is around 50km long and 25km wide. The biggest iceberg is around the size of Manhattan.

Named after the idea of a 'Perfect 10', the Taiwanese company claims the HTC 10 (shown) 'delivers everything that you want from a flagship device.'

Nasa 4K timelapse shows the Auroras Borealis and Australis as seen from 250 miles above Earth. The lights are created when charged particles from the sun enter Earth's atmosphere.

Scientists Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan coated millimetre-sized drops of water in a nanometre-scale powder of polypyrrole. The material helped give the droplets superpowers.

Astronaut Tim Peake has said that being able to assemble an Ikea wardrobe is one of the skills which has helped him most in space. Speaking on board the Inte...

An error at UK hosting and domains provider 123-Reg saw the data of hundreds of its customers permanently deleted meaning their websites went offline over the weekend.

A recent study led by Cornell sociologists found that the majority of people who suffer a medical emergency in a public place are bypassed by strangers.

Global warming is shifting the way the Earth wobbles on its polar axis, a new Nasa study has concluded. Researchers say melting ice sheets - are changing the distribution of weight.

A study led by Columbia University shows the increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from climate change might help crops grow more in some parts, in spite of the increasing temperature.

Archaeologists have used satellite data to shed new light onto the mysterious spiral-shaped funnels around Nazca city in southern Peru and found they helped bring water to the arid desert.

These stunning images were taken by satellites and coloured using the latest technology, to reveal the different temperatures of all the currents across the planet.

The discovery was made at the basement of Carnegie Observatory in California after Jay Farihi of UCL began digging through the archives as part of his research on planetary systems.

A study from the University of Waterloo, Canada shows monogamy emerged in early farmers after 'sleeping around' became too risky due to genital herpes and other diseases.

Made in Space, the US based space-manufacturing company is working on a Nasa-funded project to develop ways of turning asteroids into spaceships to complete basic missions.