http://www.mail.com/subjects/3174-aerospace-technology.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3174-aerospace-technology.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html KOFORIDUA, Ghana (AP) — Their project might not sound like much: The college students on Wednesday launched a tiny model of a satellite the size of a soda can on a big yellow balloon. It went aloft to a height of 165 meters (yards) and then came back down attached to a parachute. Yet in this developing West African country, ambitious organizers, —who rece... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:20:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087306-students-ghana-launch-mini-satellite.html 2013-05-15T20:20:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2061042-solar-plane-lands-ariz-1st-leg-major-trip.html PHOENIX (AP) — Alone in the single-seat cockpit and high above the American Southwest, pilot Bertrand Piccard could hear only his plane's gear box and the quiet whine of four electric motors. No noisy jet engines. He's flying Solar Impulse, considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane. Piccard piloted the craft for 20 hours, first cruising along... Sun, 05 May 2013 02:46:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2061042-solar-plane-lands-ariz-1st-leg-major-trip.html 2013-05-05T02:46:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2051098-virgin-galactic-spaceship-1st-powered-flight.html MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has made its first powered flight, breaking the sound barrier in a test over the Mojave Desert that moves the company closer to its goal of flying paying passengers on brief hops into space. "It couldn't have gone more smoothly," said Sir Richard Branson, who owns the spaceline with Aabar Investments PJ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:48:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2051098-virgin-galactic-spaceship-1st-powered-flight.html 2013-04-30T15:48:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2031990-sun-powered-plane-completes-california-test-flight.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe took to the skies Friday over the San Francisco Bay area in a successful test flight. Considered the world's most advanced sun-powered plane, the Solar Impulse took off from Moffett Field in Mountain View at first light for a two-hour practice run in advance of a pla... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:59:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2031990-sun-powered-plane-completes-california-test-flight.html 2013-04-19T18:59:39Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA is planning for a robotic spaceship to lasso a small asteroid and park it near the moon for astronauts to explore, a top senator said Friday. The ship would capture the 500-ton, 25-foot asteroid in 2019. Then using an Orion space capsule, a crew of about four astronauts would nuzzle up next to the rock in 2021 for spacewalking explo... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:46:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2001406-senator-nasa-to-lasso-asteroid-bring-closer.html 2013-04-05T22:46:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997396-mars-missions-scaled-april-sun.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — It's the Martian version of spring break: Curiosity and Opportunity, along with their spacecraft friends circling overhead, will take it easy this month because of the sun's interference. For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars. This celestial alignment — called a Mars solar conjunction — makes it diff... Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:30:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1997396-mars-missions-scaled-april-sun.html 2013-04-04T08:30:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1984878-solar-plane-plans-stops-phoenix-dallas-nyc.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States with stops in Phoenix, Dallas, Washington, D.C., and New York, organizers of the trip announced Thursday. The plane, Solar Impulse, is expected to be ready to leave from NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, Calif. on M... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:58:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1984878-solar-plane-plans-stops-phoenix-dallas-nyc.html 2013-03-28T22:58:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979656-spacex-dragon-cargo-ship-splashes-pacific.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The SpaceX Dragon capsule returned to Earth on Tuesday with a full science load from the International Space Station — and a bunch of well-used children's Legos. The privately owned cargo ship splashed down in the Pacific right on target, 250 miles off the coast of Mexico's Baja Peninsula, five hours after leaving the orbiting ... Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:27:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1979656-spacex-dragon-cargo-ship-splashes-pacific.html 2013-03-26T18:27:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969402-boeing-worker-mentors-barefoot-bandit-prison.html SEATAC, Wash. (AP) — Jonathan Standridge and Colton Harris-Moore made an odd couple as they sat together in the visiting room of a Washington state prison one day last spring. Standridge, 57, is a project manager at Boeing, one of the world's most important aviation companies. Harris-Moore, 21, is the "Barefoot Bandit," a world-famous airplane thief who i... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:27:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1969402-boeing-worker-mentors-barefoot-bandit-prison.html 2013-03-21T08:27:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938914-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-mars.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — The face of Mars is dotted with a maze of channels, pointing to possible ancient megaflood episodes. Now scientists peering below the surface have uncovered the first evidence of underground channels apparently created by flooding — a finding that's expected to further illuminate the role of water in Mars' history. U... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:48:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938914-radar-reveals-apparent-buried-channels-mars.html 2013-03-07T19:48:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926054-nasa-mars-rover-safe-mode-science-halted.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Science experiments by the NASA Mars rover Curiosity have been put on hold as engineers troubleshoot a problem with its computer. NASA says the car-size rover is in "safe mode." In this state, Curiosity suspends science activities but is still in contact with Earth. Engineers discovered a problem with Curiosity's flash memory earli... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:15:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1926054-nasa-mars-rover-safe-mode-science-halted.html 2013-03-01T23:15:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1924190-spacex-company-fixes-dragon-capsule-problem.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A commercial craft carrying a ton of supplies for the International Space Station ran into thruster trouble shortly after liftoff Friday. Flight controllers managed to gain control, but were forced to delay its arrival at the orbiting lab. The earliest the Dragon capsule could show up is Sunday, a full day late, said top offici... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:14:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1924190-spacex-company-fixes-dragon-capsule-problem.html 2013-03-01T23:14:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921580-china-sets-5th-manned-space-mission-summer.html BEIJING (AP) — China will send three astronauts to its orbiting space station this summer in a mission that's part of preparations to establish an even larger permanent presence above Earth. The Shenzhou 10 spacecraft will take flight sometime between June and August, the country's manned space program said in its statement Thursday. The craft will delive... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:06:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1921580-china-sets-5th-manned-space-mission-summer.html 2013-03-01T02:06:36Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a road trip that could test the best of marriages: Mars. A tycoon announced plans Wednesday to send a middle-aged couple on a privately built spaceship to slingshot around the red planet and come back home, hopefully with their bodies and marriage in one piece after 501 days of no-escape togetherness in a cramped capsule half the si... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:08:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919428-tycoon-wants-to-send-married-couple-mars-flyby.html 2013-02-27T23:08:13Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1915246-nasa-mars-rover-analyzing-powder-drilled-rock.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The Mars rover Curiosity has successfully transferred a pinch of rock dust to its onboard laboratories for inspection, two weeks after drilling into its first rock. NASA said Monday it received confirmation of the deliveries over the weekend. Scientists will spend the next several weeks studying the rock's chemical and mineral make... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:04:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1915246-nasa-mars-rover-analyzing-powder-drilled-rock.html 2013-02-26T00:04:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1863670-ahmadinejad-unveils-irans-newest-fighter-jet.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Saturday unveiled its newest combat jet, a domestically manufactured fighter-bomber that military officials claim can evade radar. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a ceremony broadcast on state TV that building the Qaher F-313, or Dominant F-313, shows Iran's will to "conquer scientific peaks." The Qaher is one of several ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1863670-ahmadinejad-unveils-irans-newest-fighter-jet.html 2013-02-02T14:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The first satellite launched from South Korean soil is working normally, officials said Thursday, a day after Seoul achieved its space milestone during a time of high tensions over archrival North Korea's recent threat to test a third nuclear device. A South Korean rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from a launch pad Wedne... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1855516-skorea-satellite-working-normally-sending-data.html 2013-01-31T03:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844372-nasa-testing-vintage-engine-apollo-11-rocket.html HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Like vinyl records and skinny ties, good things eventually come back around. At NASA, that means looking to the Apollo program for ideas on how to develop the next generation of rockets for future missions to the moon and beyond. Young engineers who weren't even born when the last Saturn V rocket took off for the moon are testing a... Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1844372-nasa-testing-vintage-engine-apollo-11-rocket.html 2013-01-25T08:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Opportunity, NASA's other Mars rover, has tooled around the red planet for so long it's easy to forget it's still alive. Some 5,000 miles away from the limelight surrounding Curiosity's every move, Opportunity this week quietly embarks on its tenth year of exploration — a sweet milestone since it was only tasked to work for three months... Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1834388-nasas-older-mars-rover-notches-milestone.html 2013-01-21T08:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1832434-aviation-technology-advances-faa-tries-to-up.html DALLAS (AP) — After two separate and serious battery problems aboard Boeing 787s, it wasn't U.S. authorities who acted first to ground the plane. It was Japanese airlines. The unfolding saga of Boeing's highest-profile plane has raised new questions about federal oversight of aircraft makers and airlines. Some aviation experts question the ability of the ... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1832434-aviation-technology-advances-faa-tries-to-up.html 2013-01-20T18:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1830554-overcharging-batteries-eyed-boeing-787-mishaps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — It's likely that burning lithium ion batteries on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging, aviation safety and battery experts said Friday, pointing to developments in the investigation of the Boeing incidents as well as a battery fire in a business jet more than a year ago. An investigator in Japan, where a 787 made an em... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1830554-overcharging-batteries-eyed-boeing-787-mishaps.html 2013-01-18T22:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1827608-boeing-plans-to-carry-with-787-production.html Boeing plans to keep building its flagship jetliner while engineers try to solve battery problems that have grounded most of the 787 fleet. It's not clear how long the investigation — or the fix — will take. But it won't be cheap for Boeing or for the airlines that had sought the prestige of flying the world's most sophisticated passenger plane — a marvel... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1827608-boeing-plans-to-carry-with-787-production.html 2013-01-18T01:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825092-nasa-europeans-uniting-to-send-spaceship-to-moon.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is teaming up with the European Space Agency to get astronauts beyond Earth's orbit. Europe will provide the propulsion and power compartment for NASA's new Orion crew capsule, officials said Wednesday. This so-called service module will be based on Europe's supply ship used for the International Space Station. ... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:41:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1825092-nasa-europeans-uniting-to-send-spaceship-to-moon.html 2013-01-16T18:41:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1821348-russia-plans-unmanned-moon-mission-2015.html MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Space Agency says it will send an unmanned spacecraft to the moon in 2015 from a new launch pad in the country's Far East. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin told Russian news agencies on Tuesday that the rocket booster would deliver a 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) space exploration vehicle with up to 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of scien... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 08:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1821348-russia-plans-unmanned-moon-mission-2015.html 2013-01-15T08:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1815074-ex-nasa-manned-spaceflight-director-holmes-dies.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Dyer Brainerd Holmes, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, has died. Holmes' stepson, Pierce Ledbetter, said Holmes died at Baptist Memorial Hospital East in Memphis on Friday at age 91. Holmes died from complications from pneumonia, Ledbetter said. Holm... Sat, 12 Jan 2013 00:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1815074-ex-nasa-manned-spaceflight-director-holmes-dies.html 2013-01-12T00:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813476-faa-to-review-boeing-787-calls-plane-safe.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The government stepped in Friday to assure the public that Boeing's new 787 "Dreamliner" is safe to fly, even as it launched a comprehensive review to find out what caused a fire, a fuel leak and other worrisome incidents this week. Despite the incidents, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood declared, "I believe this plane is safe, and I ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813476-faa-to-review-boeing-787-calls-plane-safe.html 2013-01-11T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804766-mock-mars-trek-finds-down-to-earth-sleep-woes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronauts have a down-to-Earth problem that could be even worse on a long trip to Mars: They can't get enough sleep. And over time, the lack of slumber can turn intrepid space travelers into drowsy couch potatoes, a new study shows. In a novel experiment, six volunteers were confined in a cramped mock spaceship in Moscow to simulate a 1... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804766-mock-mars-trek-finds-down-to-earth-sleep-woes.html 2013-01-07T23:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804434-study-billions-earth-size-planets-milky-way.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Our Milky Way is home to at least 17 billion planets that are similar in size to Earth, a new estimate suggests. That's more than two Earth-size planets for every person on the globe. Just how many are located in the sweet spot where water could exist is "simply too early to call," said Francois Fressin of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center... Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1804434-study-billions-earth-size-planets-milky-way.html 2013-01-07T20:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1791014-road-trip-tap-nasas-mars-rover-year.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. Repeat. Topping its to-do list in the new year: Set off toward a Martian mountain — a trek that will take up a good chunk of the year. The original itinerary called for sta... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1791014-road-trip-tap-nasas-mars-rover-year.html 2012-12-31T18:12:00Z