by JVanDomelen | Jun 17, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
HAMPTON, VA June 16, 2016 — NASA researchers will have a front row seat to airline operations over the next five years, thanks to a newly signed partnership with American Airlines. Engineers and scientists at NASA’s Langley Research Center, are looking at...
by JVanDomelen | Jun 10, 2016 | Featured, Satellite, Space
June 10, 2016 — A Chinese space lab is bound to come back to Earth soon, but when and where this happens is a matter of debate and speculation. Source: When Will China’s ‘Heavenly Palace’ Space Lab Fall Back to Earth?
by JVanDomelen | Jun 6, 2016 | Featured, Sea, Surface
TEWKSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, June 3, 2016 — Raytheon Company has been awarded a $365,848,801 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the production of Aegis Weapon System AN/SPY-1D(V) Radar Transmitter Group, Missile Fire Control System MK 99...
by JVanDomelen | May 23, 2016 | Featured, Launch Vehicle, Manned, Space, Unmanned
SRIHARIKOTA, INDIA, May 23, 2016 — Indian Space Research Organization (IRSO) successfully flight tested India’s first winged body aerospace vehicle operating in hypersonic flight regime. In this experimental mission, the HS9 solid rocket booster carrying the...
by JVanDomelen | May 20, 2016 | Air, Featured, Fixed Wing
NEW DELHI, INDIA, May 20, 2016 — The $8.9 billion agreement for India to buy Rafale fighters is stalled and obstacles appear to be holding up other Ministry of Defense procurement. Source: Bureaucratic Paralysis Hits Rafale Deal
by JVanDomelen | May 19, 2016 | Featured, Manned, Space
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, May 19, 2016 — The only thing worse than a flying rock chipping your car window is a flying rock chipping your space station window. That’s what you’re seeing in the photo below, taken by British astronaut Tim Peake on the...