News tagged with flight engineer
Space image: In the light of the sun
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft is seen at the launch pad after being raised into vertical position on Sunday, June 5, 2011, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Google adds non-stop flight data to search results
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using Google to search for flights is nothing new but that search tool just got a serious boost. The company announced on Friday that it is adding flight schedules to all of their travel related ...
May 31, 2011 |
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J-2X test series proves part integrity
Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center gave a key component of the J-2X engine a brisk workout to ensure it can withstand its extreme operating environment. The engine's fuel turbopump first stage ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2011 |
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Space tourism craft reaches glide-test milestone (Update)
High over the Mojave Desert, the stubby-winged SpaceShipTwo bent itself into a near-right angle shape and plunged nearly straight downward for more than a minute before unfolding and gliding to a runway landing ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2011 |
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Cosmonauts perform 27th russian space station spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts ventured outside the International Space Station on Jan. 21 to complete installation of a new high-speed data transmission system, remove an old plasma pulse experiment, install a camera ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2011 |
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3 Questions: John Hansman on the Qantas A380 engine blowout
Last week, a Qantas Airbus 380 superjumbo jetliner made an emergency landing in Singapore following the mid-flight explosion of one of its engines that is manufactured by Rolls-Royce. All flights of Qantas’s ...
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Giving Robotic Flight More Buzz: Bee Study Could Improve Micro Air Vehicle Agility in Wind Gusts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Not every engineering dean wants a live bee colony outside of his office, but such is the case at the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Jul 30, 2010 |
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USAF vehicle breaks record for hypersonic flight
An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 27, 2010 |
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NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station received a special software upgrade this week ? personal access to the Internet and the World Wide Web via the ultimate wireless connection.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 22, 2010 |
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Swiss pilots aim to circle world in a solar-powered plane
Bertrand Piccard is no conventional environmental activist -- he hopes to raise awareness about the potential of renewable energy by flying a solar-powered aircraft around the world.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 21, 2010 |
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Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety
(PhysOrg.com) -- At first blush, it may not seem like robots and aircraft control systems have anything in common. When you put them together, however, you arrive at the core of Guangjun Liu’s unique research ...
Dec 18, 2009 |
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Hydrogen-Powered Ion Tiger Sets 26-hour Flight Endurance Record
The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 26 hours and 1 minute carrying a 5-pound payload, setting another unofficial flight endurance record ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight
The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 13, 2009 |
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To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a new Cornell study, an optimized flapping wing could actually require 27 percent less power than its optimal steady-flight counterpart at small scales.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Era Ends for Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Program
(PhysOrg.com) -- With 520 seconds of shake, rattle and roar on July 29, NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center marked the end of an era for testing the space shuttle main engines that have powered the nation's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 31, 2009 |
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