News tagged with flight altitude
Swiss solar plane confirmed as multiple record-breaker
Aeronautical authorities on Friday confirmed world records for a Swiss solar-powered aircraft that flew around the clock in July, including those for the longest and highest flight by such an aircraft.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Swiss solar plane to attempt 48-hour flight to Morocco
The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to fly from Switzerland to Morocco in coming weeks, in its longest flight to date, organisers said Wednesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Orion Crew capsule targeted for 2014 leap to high orbit
NASA is on course to make the highest leap in human spaceflight in nearly 4 decades when an unmanned Orion crew capsule blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on a high stakes, high altitude test flight in ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2012 |
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New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2009 |
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Northrop Grumman unveils new intel airplane
(AP) -- Northrop Grumman Corp. on Monday unveiled a new type of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft that can be flown either robotically or with a pilot aboard.
May 11, 2011 |
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Scientists reach beyond the clouds with mobile phone app to explore the outer atmosphere
Engineering scientists at the University of Southampton have reached above the clouds in a first-of-its-kind experiment to develop new technologies that probe the stratosphere using an unmanned vehicle.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2011 |
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NASA seeking student experiments for balloon flight
NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon. This balloon flight competition is a joint project between NASA and the Louisiana ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 28, 2011 |
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