In bowling, a strike is the best shot you can make. In aviation jargon, however, a strike happens when a bird suddenly crosses the trajectory of an aeroplane. Usually, with an adverse outcome for the bird.
Other
Sep 25, 2017
0
6
Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side is illuminated by Saturnshine, or sunlight reflected by the planet.
Space Exploration
Aug 23, 2017
0
4
At some point during many flights, the captain will calmly announce that there could be some bumps ahead and so passengers must be seated with their seat belts on.
Other
Aug 9, 2017
0
2
NASA's Cassini spacecraft peers toward a sliver of Saturn's sunlit atmosphere while the icy rings stretch across the foreground as a dark band.
Space Exploration
Jun 27, 2017
0
10
Airbus and Boeing wheeled out the usual round of order announcements at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, but alongside the big ticket purchases, the aerospace rivals are also eyeing the lucrative maintenance and servicing ...
Engineering
Jun 21, 2017
0
3
When it comes to getting airplanes off the ground in broiling weather, it's not the heat or the humidity. It's the air density.
Environment
Jun 20, 2017
2
14
Russia on Sunday held a successful test flight of its new MC-21 medium-haul passenger jet that it hopes will revive its troubled civil aviation industry and challenge giants Airbus and Boeing.
Engineering
May 28, 2017
0
5
Hurricanes can be monstruous, terrifying things to live through. Garrett Black flies through them for a living and likes it.
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2017
0
11
Saturn's hexagonal polar jet stream is the shining feature of almost every view of the north polar region of Saturn. The region, in shadow for the first part of the Cassini mission, now enjoys full sunlight, which enables ...
Space Exploration
May 9, 2017
0
4
Gaze into Gaia's crystal ball and you will see the future. This video shows the motion of 2,057,050 stars in the coming 5 million years from the Tycho-Gaia Astrometric Solution sample, part of the first data release of European ...
Astronomy
May 1, 2017
0
25
