Aviation

3200 Phaethon: Asteroid Will Pass Earth Tomorrow

A three-mile-wide asteroid, known as 3200 Phaethon, will pass by the Earth tomorrow — Dec. 17. Earlier, NASA described it as a “potentially hazardous asteroid,” but now scientists say the “close” encounter isn’t a cause…

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Flat Earth? Self-Taught Rocket Scientist Plans to Prove It

A man in California who believes that the Earth is flat plans to launch a homemade rocket to prove that he is right. “Mad” Mike Hughes, a 61-year-old limo driver, built the steam-powered rocket from scrap…

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Inflatable Habitat Will Orbit the Moon

Aerospace companies Bigelow Aerospace and the United Launch Alliance (ULA) have announced plans to launch a large space capsule that will eventually help astronauts plan for future space exploration missions. By 2022, this inflatable habitat will orbit…

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Project Loon Deploys LTE Balloons To Puerto Rico

In collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation Authority, FEMA, and other cellular spectrum and aviation authorities, Alphabet’s Project Loon has officially deployed its LTE balloons to Puerto Rico. The ultimate goal is…

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Lockheed Martin Laser Weapon Shoots Down Aerial Drones

Drones have no doubt opened a world of possibilities for carrying out some amazing and useful tasks. These versatile, pilotless flying machines have proved their usefulness in areas such as aerial photography, surveillance, and law…

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Project Loon: Balloon-Powered Internet

Roughly 48 percent of the world’s population is without internet access. But the semi-secret research facility X, founded by Google in 2010, has a plan to bring that number down. Project Loon, a network of…

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Cincinnati Airport’s Use of Technology Helps TSA Staffing Meet Growing Passenger Demand

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), with local Transportation Security Administration (TSA) collaboration, is using live and empiric data to identify irregularities at the security checkpoint. Thanks to BlipTrack technology, this airport, which was recently rated one of…

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Airbus Perlan II Rides “Mountain Waves” to Edge of Space

In El Calafate, Argentina, an all-volunteer exploration team will ride mountain winds in the Airbus Perlan II sail plane in an attempt to break the world gliding altitude record of 50,727.ft. A meteorological phenomenon known…

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That Brightest Star in the Night Sky is Actually a Russian Satellite Called Mayak

Russia successfully launched a controversial artificial satellite into the orbit. The satellite, called Mayak, was launched on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan along with 72 other satellites on July 14. The crowd-funded…

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Fund Crunch: NASA Can’t Afford to Send Humans to Mars Anymore

Talks about landing humans on the Red Planet have been going on for years, but a recent announcement from a NASA official quashed the hopes of people looking forward to making a trip to Mars.…

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Aviation

3200 Phaethon: Asteroid Will Pass Earth Tomorrow

Flat Earth? Self-Taught Rocket Scientist Plans to Prove It

Inflatable Habitat Will Orbit the Moon

Project Loon Deploys LTE Balloons To Puerto Rico

Lockheed Martin Laser Weapon Shoots Down Aerial Drones

Project Loon: Balloon-Powered Internet

Cincinnati Airport’s Use of Technology Helps TSA Staffing Meet Growing Passenger Demand

Airbus Perlan II Rides “Mountain Waves” to Edge of Space

That Brightest Star in the Night Sky is Actually a Russian Satellite Called Mayak

Fund Crunch: NASA Can’t Afford to Send Humans to Mars Anymore

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