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Lawmakers on Wednesday said NASA must continue to improve astronaut crew safety on its new shuttle-replacing rocket, as well as on promising commercial vehicles that could ferry crews to orbit.
From Indiana, to outer space, and back to Indiana again. Monday morning, Kevin Ford returned to his alma mater, Blackford High School to give students a behind-the-scenes look at his adventures.
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. -- Monday was the last chance to apply to NASA for space shuttle mission memorabilia. Only five missions away from retirement, the three shuttles are the biggest prizes and Eyewitness News took at a look at the local efforts to keep a shuttle in Central Florida.
The future of U.S. manned spaceflight and exploration of the solar system looks bleak unless political and budget barriers can be overcome.
Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an "amazing" flight that resupplied the International Space Station.
Dec-2009 by Ford Motor Company over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the third bullet, should read "8:30 p.m. PST" rather than "9:30 p.m. PST" and that the fourth to last paragraph, should read "8:30 p.m.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.----Today Yahoo! Inc. announced its 2009 Year in Review , which highlights the top Searches and trends on Yahoo!. The annual review, which accounts for billions of Searches, is a distinct way to look at people’s interests and to identify the ways they use the Web to find information and breaking news as it happens.
Aero-Linx: Military Helicopter Gunships This site loves helicopter gunships - everything from Apache Longbows to Mil-24 Hinds. What is a helicopter gunship? The site reports that, "As far as we're concerned any chopper with a weapon stuck on it qualifies and will be featured here. New armed helicopters and related photos and videos will be added frequently so please check back often."
We're Not Exactly Sure What Klyde Is Up To... This Time FMI: www.klydemorris.com
Boeing has delivered the first two Project Wedgetail 737 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The aircraft were delivered during a ceremony at RAAF Base Williamtown, the main operating base for the Wedgetail fleet. Attending the ceremony were officials from the RAAF, the Defence Materiel Organisation and Boeing.
Only Minor Injuries In Crash... But The Albatross Is A Mess An NTSB Preliminary report indicates that the cause behind the downing of a Grumman G-111 Albatross appears to be related to engine failure. The aircraft went down with only a few hours on the engines since a Major Overhaul that had occurred over a year earlier, and was operating under a Special Flight Permit.
"Make sure you are aware of where there is icing and where it is safe. Knowing the answers to these two questions PRIOR to flying will reduce the time needed to decide the best course of action if icing conditions are encountered. Remember, in icing conditions, time is critical." Source: Pilot and CFI, Scott Winter, in Part One of our annual Airframe Icing series, which starts today.
Aircraft Icing In-flight icing is the accretion of supercooled liquid water (SLW) on the airframe. This SLW can be in the form of cloud droplets or freezing rain/drizzle. Generally, cloud ice and snow do not adhere to the airframe, and graupel and small hail may actually help to remove accreted ice...
Aero-Linx: Aircraft Icing Training Conceived and published by NASA, this web site contains free icing training courses and resources for pilots who want to learn more about aircraft icing and what they can do about it. Two courses are presented...
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Space shuttle Atlantis landed safely in Florida early Friday, gliding in under sunny skies to wrap up a successful 11-day delivery mission to the International Space Station.
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