WATCH LIVE: Blue Origin’s New Shepard In-flight Escape Test
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Declassified USAF Footage Shows Auto-GCAS Save the Life of an Unconscious Pilot
Sep132016Here’s the YouTube description explaining what’s going on in the video: This newly declassified video footage from the head-up-display of a U.S. Air Force Arizona Air National Guard F-16 records the dramatic moment when its unconscious pilot is saved from certain death by the aircraft’s Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System. The F-16 was being flown […]
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Watch 3 Astronauts Land Back on Earth After 172 Days In Space
Sep072016Last night, three astronauts returned to Earth after 172 days in space, including NASA astronaut Jeff Williams, who holds the record for the most days in space with 534 total across four missions. The other two astronauts who safely landed back home from the International Space Station were Roscomos Alexey Ovchinin and Oleg Skripochka. NASA […]
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The ISS’s New International Docking Adapter Means Private Spaceflight Is Almost Here
Aug222016Last week, a new International Docking Adapter (IDA) was successfully installed on the outside of the ISS thanks to NASA astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins. The process took approximately six hours, a seemingly modest amount of time for a spacewalk that could prove to be revolutionary when it comes to the future of private […]
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SpaceX Releases Incredible High Speed Footage of Its Past Missions
Aug102016SpaceX continues to put out mind-blowing footage to accompany the groundbreaking accomplishments of its Falcon 9 rockets. Recently, SpaceX released a brand new montage of its past missions featuring new camera views of launches and reentries, all filmed in slow motion. According Elon Musk’s company, the majority of the footage in the video comes from […]
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Virgin Galactic Receives FAA License To Begin Testing Its SpaceShipTwo Vehicle
Aug022016Virgin Galactic can officially begin flight-testing its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. Better known as its spaceplane, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo was recently granted a commercial operating license from the Federal Aviation Administration, moving the vehicle one step closer to transporting passengers into sub-orbital space. “We’ve still got a bit more work to do before [SpaceShipTwo] takes to the […]
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China’s AG600 Is The World’s Largest Seaplane & Has a Range of 2,800 Miles
Jul262016The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China recently rolled out what is being recognized as the world’s largest amphibious plane, the AG600. The AG600 is China’s latest effort to strengthen its aviation industry and will be utilized mainly to carry out marine rescue missions and combat forest fires. When the seaplane was unveiled in Zhuhai, […]
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Boeing To Take Three Charges Totaling $2.05 Billion as Part of Its Second-Quarter Earnings
Jul222016Boeing will take three charges encompassing $393 million for the company’s KC-46 re-fueling tankers, $847 million for the 787 Dreamliners, and $814 million for the 747 program. The charges Boeing will take add up to $2.05 billion total, as part of the company’s second-quarter earnings. The 747 charge comes as a result of an adjustment […]
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Former NASA Intern Uploads the Guidance Computer Code for Apollo 11 Online
Jul112016A former NASA intern sparked a bit of an internet frenzy this week by uploading the Apollo 11 Guidance Computer code to Github. While the system responsible for the first moon landing has apparently been available for researchers for a while now, it’s never quite been part of the public domain. That is, until now… […]
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Watch LIVE: NASA Tests Rocket Booster That Will Be Part of the Space Launch System
Jun282016At 10:05AM ET, on June 28th, NASA plans to test one of the two huge solid rocket boosters that will be used on the Space Launch System (SLS) in order to eventually take humans into deep space. WATCH LIVE HERE. Taking place at Orbital ATK’s test facilities in Promontory, Utah, the test will involve firing […]
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B-52 Bomber Can Hold 9 Weapons on Each Wing and 27 Inside Its Weapons Bay
Jun212016The Air Force’s B-52 Bomber is a legendary aircraft, having been around since the 1950s and is easily one of the most recognizable planes in the world. Incredibly, a B-52 Bomber can carry 70,000 pounds of weapons, is 40 feet tall, 156 feet in length, and features a wingspan of 185 feet. Not only can […]
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NASA Is Testing Its Experimental X-57 Aircraft Which Features 14 Electric Motors
Jun202016NASA recently announced they are testing a new hybrid, experimental X-plane, marking the space agency’s first in a decade. The X-57 aircraft is an experimental plane and will feature a unique wing design consisting of 14 electric motors. “With the return of piloted X-planes to NASA’s research capabilities – which is a key part of […]
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LIVE: Watch SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Launch a Pair of Commercial Communications Satellites
Jun152016On this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver two commercial communications satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbits (GTO). The two satellites, EUTELSAT 117 West B and ABS-2A, are operated respectively by Eutelsat and ABS – two companies that provide global communications services to a variety of users. SpaceX is targeting launch from Space Launch Complex […]
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Boeing Files Patent Application For ‘Solar Powered Airplane’
Jun132016Boeing apparently wants to join Google and Facebook when it comes to developing solar airplanes as the company recently filed a patent application entitled “Solar Powered Airplane.” Essentially, Boeing is looking to develop a wing-shaped drone that is capable of flying at high altitudes for extended periods of time. Of course, the wing-shaped drone would […]
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Newly-Redesigned Antares Rocket Passes First ‘Hot Fire’ Test Since Explosion
Jun012016Two years ago, Orbital ATK’s Antares rocket exploded merely six seconds after it launched, with 5,000 pounds of supplies for the International Space Station on board. Engineers have been hard at work ever since the mishap, in an effort redesign the Antares rocket engine researchers blamed for the failure. Yesterday, the Antares rocket’s new engine successfully […]
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Incredible Photos of India’s First Ever Reusable Space Shuttle Launch
May242016Earlier this week, India launched its first ever reusable space shuttle, ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle-Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD). At 22 feet in length, the reusable space shuttle is relatively small when compared to NASA’s space shuttle orbiters, which all measure over 122 feet long. As a result, the RLV-TD’s $14 million price tag looks like a […]
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The International Space Station Completed Its 100,000th Orbit After 18 Years
May172016Yesterday, at 2:10 am ET, the International Space Station accomplished a rather remarkable feat after 18 years in space. The ISS successfully completed its 100,000th orbit, cruising at a cool speed of 17,500 miles per hour. To put the accomplishment into perspective, the International Space Station has now traveled about 2,643,342,240 miles and counting. But […]
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Watch SpaceX’s Latest Falcon 9 First Stage Landing From 3 Different Angles
May102016Elon Musk and SpaceX are on a roll right now, successfully carrying out yet another Falcon 9 first stage landing last week after sending JCSAT-14 satellite on to Geostationary Transfer Orbit. The thing that makes what SpaceX is calling its “hottest and fastest” landing yet even more impressive is the fact that they actually thought […]
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Watch LIVE: SpaceX To Launch Japanese Satellite and Attempt Another Rocket Landing
May042016SpaceX isn’t wasting time when it comes to attempting another successful rocket landing. For east coast viewers, you can watch SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch at 1:21 a.m. early Thursday morning from Cape Canaveral, with a Japanese satellite on board. The plan is for the satellite, from Japanese telecommunications company SKY Perfect JSAT, to eventually […]
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The T6 Ion Thruster Will Help Take The ESA’s BepiColombo Spacecraft To Mercury
Apr272016The European Space Agency is counting on the T6 ion thruster for a mission to Mercury. At merely 11 inches in diameter, the T6 ion thruster will be one of four engines responsible for taking the ESA’s BepiColombo spacecraft to Mercury. Designed by UK-based Qinetiq, the T6 ion thruster ionizes propellants in order to manufacture […]
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