Pluto: A Guide for Earth-Bound Explorers
Yesterday, NASA’s New Horizon mission made its closest approach of Pluto, providing the first direct views of the “dwarf planet,” …
Aerospace
The Flying Boom | Video
A nicely-done Air Force-produced video describes the service’s “flying boom” aerial refueling system and techniques, and some of the intricacies …
NACA: The Jet Age and Beyond
For survivors of the greatest conflict in history, the brave new post-World War II landscape could not have been …
NACA Beginnings
In hindsight, one of the strangest things about the Wright Brothers’ 1903 flight of a powered, pilot-controlled aircraft over …
F-35B Makes First Ski Jump Launch
Once a feat performed only by Harriers, an F-35B makes the first takeoff from a “ski jump,” soon to be …
NACA: Helping to Win World War II
A few months after the D-Day invasion, Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and his son John – …
Qatar to Buy Four More C-17s
Boeing and the government of Qatar announced at the Paris Air Show that Qatar would buy four more C-17 Globemaster …
QF-4 Phantom Pharewell Looms
On June 3, 2015, Lt. Col. Ronald King flew solo for the first time in the QF-4 Phantom II, from …
NASA and Academia
America’s colleges and universities have always been a key component in the nation’s pursuit of technological leadership, from …
Flight-Testing of Next-Gen SM-3 Begins
The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) launched the Raytheon Company’s Standard Missile 3 Block IIA in …