B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

Handout photo shows a B-21 Raider conducting flight tests, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, USA, where it continues to make progress toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21 program is on track to deliver aircraft in the mid-2020s to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, which will be the first B-21 main operating base and location for the B-21 formal training unit. The US Air Force on Wednesday published more photos of its newest stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, as the penetrating strike aircraft continues to work through flight testing. U.S. Air Force via ABACAPRESS.COM

B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

Handout photo shows a B-21 Raider conducting flight tests, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, USA, where it continues to make progress toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21 program is on track to deliver aircraft in the mid-2020s to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, which will be the first B-21 main operating base and location for the B-21 formal training unit. The US Air Force on Wednesday published more photos of its newest stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, as the penetrating strike aircraft continues to work through flight testing. U.S. Air Force via ABACAPRESS.COM

B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

B-21 Raider Strategic Bomber Continues Flight Test - California

Handout photo shows a B-21 Raider conducting flight tests, which includes ground testing, taxiing, and flying operations, at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, USA, where it continues to make progress toward becoming the backbone of the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet. The B-21 program is on track to deliver aircraft in the mid-2020s to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, which will be the first B-21 main operating base and location for the B-21 formal training unit. The US Air Force on Wednesday published more photos of its newest stealth bomber, the B-21 Raider, as the penetrating strike aircraft continues to work through flight testing. U.S. Air Force via ABACAPRESS.COM

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hold a press conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer, an astronaut of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is interviewed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer (C) and other astronauts of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration celebrate at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

Spacecraft Orion developed for Mars trip lifts off on 1st test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - A Delta 4 Heavy rocket, carrying NASA's next-generation spacecraft Orion, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014 in its first unmanned test flight. Orion was developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s.

Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- The bank of the river Rhine is flooded in Cologne, western Germany, on July 15, 2021. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 COP26 in Glasgow ends with new climate pact On Nov. 13, the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded in Glasgow, Britain, with a new global pact signed to tackle climate change, paving the way for a comprehensive and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement. On the sidelines of the conference, China and the United States issued a joint declaration on enhancing climate action in the 2020s, injecting impetus into global collective actions. Developed countries, which bear the historic responsibility for climate change, must take the lead in cutting emissions and fulfill commitments to increase financial support. In 2021, winter s.....

JAL to complete switch to MRJ by late 2020s

JAL to complete switch to MRJ by late 2020s

Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Masaru Onishi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2015. JAL is expected to replace all aircraft for domestic flights with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, by the late 2020s, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration hold a press conference at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s. (Kyodo)

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

NASA successfully conducts 1st unmanned test flight of Orion

CAPE CANAVERAL, United States - Jack Fischer, an astronaut of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is interviewed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014, after NASA successfully conducted the first unmanned test flight of its next-generation spacecraft Orion, developed to carry astronauts to an asteroid in the 2020s and to Mars in the 2030s. (Kyodo)

Hitachi eyes M&As to expand rail business: president

Hitachi eyes M&As to expand rail business: president

Hitachi Ltd. President Toshiaki Higashihara addresses an event in Milan on Oct. 18, 2017. Higashihara told reporters the same day that the company is eager to expand its railroad business through mergers and acquisitions with a goal to more than double sales to 1 trillion yen ($8.9 billion) by the early 2020s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Yokohama city government announced Aug. 22 that it will join a race to bid for hosting newly legalized casino resorts in Japan that will be built by the late-2020s, with the wharf as its planned location. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Yokohama city government announced Aug. 22 that it will join a race to bid for hosting newly legalized casino resorts in Japan that will be built by the late-2020s, with the wharf as its planned location. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Yokohama city government announced Aug. 22 that it will join a race to bid for hosting newly legalized casino resorts in Japan that will be built by the late-2020s, with the wharf as its planned location. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Yokohama city government announced Aug. 22 that it will join a race to bid for hosting newly legalized casino resorts in Japan that will be built by the late-2020s, with the wharf as its planned location. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama

Photo taken Aug. 20, 2019, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Yamashita Wharf in Yokohama, near Tokyo. The Yokohama city government announced Aug. 22 that it will join a race to bid for hosting newly legalized casino resorts in Japan that will be built by the late-2020s, with the wharf as its planned location. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Airbus A350

Airbus A350

Photo taken June 20, 2019, at Tokyo's Haneda airport shows Japan Airlines Co.'s logo on a door inside the airline's first Airbus A350 aircraft. JAL plans to launch the aircraft for a domestic route in September and acquire 30 more aircraft of the same model by the mid-2020s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Airbus A350

Airbus A350

Japan Airlines Co. President Yuji Akasaka (C) and other officials pose for a photo in front of the airline's first Airbus A350 aircraft at a ceremony at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 20, 2019. JAL plans to launch the aircraft for a domestic route in September and acquire 30 more aircraft of the same model by the mid-2020s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Ghibli Park" set to open in Japan in early 2020s

"Ghibli Park" set to open in Japan in early 2020s

File photo taken in April 2005 shows "Satsuki and Mei's House," which was modeled after the house belonging to the lead characters in the film "My Neighbor Totoro," at a park in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. The prefecture said it will build a theme park based on the film by director Hayao Miyazaki within the park, aiming to open it in the early 2020s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo