NASA Built an App to Make Commercial Flights Shorter

NASA Built an App to Make Commercial Flights Shorter

NASA hits closer to home by taking care of pilots

  • Sci Pry
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • August 26th, 2015
View of Supersonic Shock Waves Birthed by Aircraft in Flight

View of Supersonic Shock Waves Birthed by Aircraft in Flight

The image was recorded over the Mojave Desert

Solar Impulse Breaks Non-Stop Flight Record of 120 Hours

Solar Impulse Breaks Non-Stop Flight Record of 120 Hours

A journey around the world with solar power

NASA Wants to Make Aircraft of the Future Bug Guts-Proof

NASA Wants to Make Aircraft of the Future Bug Guts-Proof

It's all about reducing drag, fuel consumption

US Marine Corps Helicopter Goes Missing in Earthquake-Struck Nepal

US Marine Corps Helicopter Goes Missing in Earthquake-Struck Nepal

The helicopter was carrying a crew of eight at the time when it disappeared, is believed to have crash landed in a river

Altered-Gravity Plane Will Trick You into Thinking You're on Mars

Altered-Gravity Plane Will Trick You into Thinking You're on Mars

European Space Agency scientists say the refitted Airbus A310 ZERO-G can help test equipment meant for use in space

Watch: How and Why Planes Fly, As Explained by Science

Watch: How and Why Planes Fly, As Explained by Science

Cool animation explains how the shape of a plane's wings and its engines help keep it high up in the air

Solar-Powered Plane Embarks on Historic Round-the-World Trip

Solar-Powered Plane Embarks on Historic Round-the-World Trip

The plane took off from the Al Bateen Executive Airport in the United Arab Emirates just a few hours ago

Tests Show Carbon Nanotubes to Be the Best Anti-Icing for Aircraft - Video

Tests Show Carbon Nanotubes to Be the Best Anti-Icing for Aircraft - Video

Airplanes will shrug off ice for minimal power

How to Put Down Ship Fires: Give a Robot a Micro-Flyer Drone - Video

How to Put Down Ship Fires: Give a Robot a Micro-Flyer Drone - Video

CMU researchers create a little helper for SAFFiR

Unmanned Flying Vehicle Detects and Destroys Land Mines

Unmanned Flying Vehicle Detects and Destroys Land Mines

The device will make the world a better place

Watch: How the Air Turbulence That Makes Planes Shake Forms

Watch: How the Air Turbulence That Makes Planes Shake Forms

The air turbulence that can turn a pleasant flight into a nightmare originates from thunderstorms, sometimes mountains

Amazing Triplane Is Powered Entirely by Sunlight and Wind – Video

Amazing Triplane Is Powered Entirely by Sunlight and Wind – Video

And people say triplanes were supposed to be extinct

Microsoft Brings the Surface Pro 3 in Lufthansa Aircrafts

Microsoft Brings the Surface Pro 3 in Lufthansa Aircrafts

Lufthansa pilots will start using the Pro 3 tablet

Man Faces Five Years of Jailtime for Pointing Laser Beam at Helicopter

Man Faces Five Years of Jailtime for Pointing Laser Beam at Helicopter

Perpetrator repeatedly points the laser at the aircraft

Alcoa Adopts 3D Printing for Jet Engine Parts, Among Other Things

Alcoa Adopts 3D Printing for Jet Engine Parts, Among Other Things

This definitely says something about 3D printing in general

A Very Public End to a Top Secret Space Plane's Mission

A Very Public End to a Top Secret Space Plane's Mission

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle lands after two years in space

 
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