Aviation

World’s First Commercial Spaceline One Step Closer At $200,000 Per Ticket

Space is Virgin Territory Only 500 people have visited space but Virgin Galactic, a Richard Branson company, is about to change all that. Like Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Galactic will have a fleet of privately…

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Researchers Unveil Thought-Controlled Helicopter

Researchers behind the Journal of Neural Engineering have unveiled their work with a “thought controlled” helicopter. The breakthrough, which harnesses thought patterns that man the small helicopter, was recently put to the test on a…

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Watch A Russian Proton-M Rocket Explode After Flying Wildly Out Of Control

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan a Proton-M rocket with DM-03 upper stage, carrying three Russian Glonass-M navigation satellites went out of control, exploded and crashed at 8:38 AM local time, July 2 2013. The…

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A Look At Kepler Discovered “Most Earth Like” Planets to Date

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has discovered two new planetary systems: Kepler-62 with five planets and Kepler-69 with two planets. The two systems include three super-Earth size planets in the habitable zone of their stars. To date,…

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NASA’s $1.5 million Unmanned Aircraft Competition: Can You Make The Skies Safer?

NASA has so many missions it’s hard to keep track of them all: there is a directory listing current and future missions, a launch schedule and the history of past missions. In the coming months…

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Mining Asteroids Will Create A Trillion-Dollar Industry, The Modern Day Gold Rush?

Big Dreams Live: Revolutionizing the Economics of Space Travel Claiming they have identified the new “Iron Range of Minnesota” the vast store of natural resources upon which the US automobile industry was built over decades,…

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Drive Or Fly Anywhere In Your Own RC Flying Car

With the ability to drive and fly, the B Remote-Controlled Flying Car/Helicopter ($560) can pretty much go anywhere. Its innovation lies in a patent-pending wheel and propeller design, which places each prop within the wheel. It can…

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World’s Most Powerful Rocket Set For Testing In 2017

NASA is planning the most powerful rocket engine ever called the Space Launch System (SLS). It will be the largest and most powerful engine ever built and is targeted for testing in 2017. At a…

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Solar Powered Plane Begins Its Journey Across The USA

Following on from our previous reports, the Solar Impulse plane has taken off for its first cross US flight. The entirely solar powered plane, which uses no fuel, has been making several advancements in recent…

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10,000 Drones In Congested US Airspace by 2018

Piloting unmanned flying vehicles or drones is an up and coming profession. Drones will not only include planes but helicopters and miniature UAVs. These aircraft will be outfitted with cameras, video, aerial surveillance technology, thermal…

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