Monthly Archives: September 2011
SpaceX To Try Reusable Launch
By Frank Morring, Jr. Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) engineers have concluded it may be possible to modify the company’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle to make it fully reusable, a feat SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk says could cut the cost of access to orbit “a hundred-fold.”Speaking at the National Press Club, Musk, who also [...]
SpaceX Unveils Fully Reusable Falcon 9 Plans
“Reusability is key to the dramatic cost savings that will enable advancements in human exploration of space. The Dragon spacecraft is fully reusable and SpaceX is working toward the goal of delivering the world’s first fully reusable launch vehicle.”
Cessna Launches New Light Business Jet: Citation M2
WICHITA, Kan., Sept. 26, 2011 — Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today launched the Citation M2, a new light business jet that fills the gap between the Citation Mustang and the Citation CJ family. The Citation M2 features Garmin G3000 avionics, engines similar to those found in the Citation CJ series [...]
Civilians Deliver Skylanes To Afghanistan
Three T182Ts Are The First Of 34 Cessnas To Seed The Afghan Air Force It was an unforgettable flight. Carl Gustafson, a First Officer with Jet Blue Airways out of Long Beach and a volunteer at Flabob Airport, got a little more excitement than he anticipated in flying a Cessna Skylane to Shindand, Afghanistan. Gustafson [...]
Construction to begin on Indianapolis International Airport solar farm Local firms will play key part in creation of one of the largest airport solar farms in North America INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis Airport Authority (IAA) announced today that it has selected ET Energy Solutions, LLC to develop a solar farm on Indianapolis International Airport [...]
NASA is Painting the Skies Green Over Santa Rosa
› NASA Green Flight Challenge News › Centennial Challenges Fact Sheet (PDF, 290 Kb)NASA and Centennial Challenge partner organization, the Comparative Aircraft Flight Efficiency, or CAFE, Foundation of Santa Rosa, Calif., are encouraging aerospace enthusiasts to attend the Green Flight Centennial Challenge, set to be held at the Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa from Sept. [...]
Matternet delivers drugs by robocopter
By: Rafe Needleman Matternet’s Andreas Raptopoulos with a prototype of his drug delivery system.(Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET) The best thing I saw at CES in 2010 was the Parrot AR Drone, an iPhone-controlled quadcopter. It was a really fun toy, but an expensive one, and not that reliable either, as I learned when my demo unit dropped out of the sky. [...]
September 14, 2011, Mumbai: The C-NM5 has flown!
India’s CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL – a constituent laboratory of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), and Mahindra Aerospace (a part of India’s US $12.5 billion Mahindra Group) today announced the successful maiden flight of their jointly developed C-NM5 aircraft, marking an important milestone in their collaborative aircraft development programme. The programme is India’s first public-private partnership [...]
NASA Unveils New Rocket Design
NASA An illustration of NASA’s planned Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle, showing possible destinations for future astronauts beyond Earth’s orbit, including the moon, an asteroid and Mars. By KENNETH CHANG 588413main_SLS_Fun_Facts The finished rocket would be the most powerful ever to rise from the gravitational bonds of Earth. “We’re investing in technologies to live and work in [...]
F-35 called part of U.S. security infrastructure
Lockheed Martin CEO expects strong sales prospects for F-35s Lockheed Martin CEO expects strong sales prospects for F-35s By David Alexander WASHINGTON | Tue Sep 6, 2011 7:57pm EDT (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin’s (LMT.N) multinational F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Pentagon’s costliest weapons program, is a critical part of U.S. security infrastructure and should be funded solidly despite [...]
