Entries for the ‘Space/Aerospace’ Category

Beyond the Black Box

Instead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.

Passengers’ survival was miracle by design

When an airliner slammed onto a rainy Caribbean runway early Monday and split into three shredded pieces, passengers called it a miracle that no one died in the impact

Don’t let airport body scanners see you naked!

Flying Pasties aren’t stickers or paper cut-outs. They’re 2mm thick pieces of rubber that adhere to your skin to cover your breasts and genitalia.

Russia to fight terrorists with a jet fighter fully controlled by a joystick

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin climbed into the cockpit of Russia’s newest fighter jet on Thursday and said it would trump a U.S.-built rival, the F-22 Raptor.

Ash crisis costs European airports €300 million

European airport operators say disruptions from Iceland’s volcanic eruption has cost them nearly €300 million ($371 million) in losses and 17 million passengers.

Swiss team plans to fly solar plane all night

A Swiss team hoping to fly a solar-powered plane around the world in 2012 says it plans to take a prototype for an all-night spin later this month.

EasyJet to test infrared ash detectors on planes

Low-cost airline easyJet PLC unveiled plans Friday to test infrared technology’s ability to detect volcanic ash clouds and urged other airlines to help map the ash risk across Europe’s skies.

Woman imprisoned in airplane suies airline

A woman left locked alone in a plane asleep for about four hours after landing at Philadelphia International Airport is suing United Airlines.

How volcano ash effects jet engines

A major U.S. jet engine maker announced Thursday it will investigate the effects of volcanic ash on the engines of aircraft that have flown through the plume.

NASA calls it quits for Mars Phoenix lander

NASA has officially called it quits for the Mars landing craft Phoenix, two years after the stationary probe touched down on the frigid northern polar surface of the Red Planet, the space agency said on Monday.

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