For three years the Aerospace History Project at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, Calif., has been collecting and archiving thousands of documents, manuscripts, oral histories, and ...READ»
In the United States, red-eye planes fly from New York to Los Angeles between sunset and sunrise, compressing the night in between. Flights out of L.A. travel west during the day, stretching it out. Michael Langan’s new short film ...READ»
Behold the halo effect of the new commercial space biz: Zero-G, a company that specializes in flying passengers on modified jets to simulate orbital weightlessness, just got approval to train passengers and crew for simple spaceflight.READ»
Watch a video of one of the most intriguing hopefuls in NASA's contest to make a plane that uses less than a gallon of fuel per passenger take its first, silent, flight.READ»
NASA's contracted three of the biggest names in aircraft design to dream up the kind of airliner we'll see in 2025, and has just shown the initial concepts. They're weird, eco-friendly, and wonderful.READ»
Sometimes, basic science funded by the military is a bit out there. Researchers are subjecting fruit flies to "virtual reality tunnels," which the Air Force thinks might help inspire insect-sized military vehicles.READ»
Colin Dunn, a Baltimore-based graphic designer, has sent us a fun little infographic on what is objectively humanity's greatest shared misery. We refer, of course, to air travel.
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We're used to hearing freaky, eerie, chill-inducing news about UAVs--basically because they're sci-fi-esque machines of war and spying. So check this out: Some research into damaged UAV flight may end up saving lives.
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We've talked about the remarkable Solar Impulse aircraft before--it's a mind-boggling vehicle that's important for the future of flight and solar-powered product design. It just flew its first 24-hour non-stop flight, right through ...READ»
Yesterday marks a small but significant moment in history: Test pilot Markus Scherdel flew the Solar Impulse aircraft for the first time. It's amazing because Solar Impulse is entirely solar-powered, and took to the sky through ...READ»
Someday soon Bertrand Piccard is going to throw the switches on his Solar Impulse Foundation aircraft, tug back on the stick and pull it into the air. Then he'll fly it right around the world. The impressive technology demonstrator's ...READ»
Hot on the heels of news that natural gas reserves have risen to 1.2 trillion barrels of oil equivalent--a 60 year supply--Qatar Airlines announced that it has completed the first passenger flight powered completely by natural gas. ...READ»
Instead of waiting for the inevitable aircraft X Prize, engineers can bring their sustainable plane ideas to NASA and the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency Foundation's Green Flight Challenge. The contest, which comes with $1.5 ...READ»
The world's first plane powered solely by hydrogen fuel cells took off on its maiden flight Tuesday from Hamburg Airport in Germany. The Antares DLR-H2's 10-minute flight showed off the plane's 105-mph-speed capabilities and quiet ...READ»
Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn told Reuters that he is convinced space tourism is both viable and environmentally sound. The company has already received $40 million in deposits from potential tourist-astronauts ...READ»
At the annual Routes World Development Forum in Kuala Lumpur, 700 airports and 500 airlines begin the mating dance that determines who flies where.READ»
