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At this year’s MAKS-21 air show outside Moscow, Sukhoi unveiled a mock-up of its latest fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Called the Checkmate SU-75, it is designed as an “inexpensive” rival to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighte… Continue reading Sukhoi shows off Checkmate 5th-Gen fighter to compete with F-35
On July 26, 1971, at 9:34 am EDT, Apollo 15 lifted off the Pad A of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center on the first true lunar exploration mission. Using an improved Lunar Module, the ninth crewed Apollo mission and fourth lunar landing feat… Continue reading Apollo 15: NASA’s first moon buggy mission celebrates 50th anniversary
Are Sir Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos astronauts? Though both billionaires flew to at least the edge of space, they may not qualify for official astronaut wings. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released revised rules for its Commercial Sp… Continue reading Revised FAA rules put Branson and Bezos’ astronaut wings in doubt
Garmin International is trying to take the pressure off of pilots caught in an engine shutdown emergency with its Smart Glide safety tool. Part of the company’s Autonomí family of autonomous flight technologies, its function is to reduce the pilot’s em… Continue reading Garmin Smart Glide acts as co-pilot in engine shutdown air emergencies
Now that Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin have sent their first full passenger flights into space, the US Federal Aviation Administration is demonstrating that it’s taking space tourism seriously. The agency has announced it is opening a new center in H… Continue reading US FAA expands air traffic control to include commercial space tourism
Sixty years ago this week, America sent its second man into space. The mission had gone flawlessly, but nearly ended in tragedy when the Liberty Bell 7 Mercury space capsule sank into the sea, almost taking astronaut Virgil Grissom with it.Continue Rea… Continue reading Mercury Redstone 4: A close shave for America’s second man in space
Blue Origin announced today that the fourth and final passenger on the first human flight of New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Replacing the anonymous auction bidder who won the seat, Daemen will be the youngest person ever to fly into space.Co… Continue reading Blue Origin New Shepard to carry youngest person ever to fly into space
Blue Origin announced today that the fourth and final passenger on the first human flight of New Shepard is 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. Replacing the anonymous auction bidder who won the seat, Daemen will be the youngest person ever to fly into space.Co… Continue reading Blue Origin New Shepard to carry youngest person ever to fly into space
The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech
The US Department of Defense’s Missile Defense Agency is using a pair of CubeSats to develop a system to track hostile ballistic and hypersonic missiles from launch to impact. Part of the Nanosat Testbed Initiative, the CubeSat Networked Communications… Continue reading US Defense Department uses CubeSats to test anti-hypersonic tech