Artemis 1: Which will consist of an uncrewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft around the Moon, where the next generation of spacecraft that will take humans to the... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 month 2 weeks ago • 56 views • 12:48

The flight between Papa Westray and Westray takes 80-90 seconds and covers about 2km. Why does it exist? And what's it like? On a rainy day in the Orkney Islands, I went to find out.

posted by newtboy 8 months 4 weeks ago • 381 views • 4:32

NASA's current fleet of spacesuits was built in 1974, and each was reported to cost between $15 million and $22 million. Today, that would be about $150 million. Having not built any new mission-ready... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 2 years 2 weeks ago • 100 views • 10:41

YouTube description: The story of Apollo 13 goes beyond a tale of survival. The mission also successfully completed a science investigation that is still helping to inform our understanding of the Moon... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 68 views • 2:46

YouTube description: It's an often told story about Apollo 12 getting struck by lightning, crippling the command module in flight and John Aaron in mission control figuring out the exact switch to flip... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 259 views • 13:55

YouTube description: This footage is from inside the kerosene tank in the S-1 first stage of SA-5, the fifth Saturn 1 launch. This mission was the first orbital Saturn launch, and the first flight of... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months ago • 374 views • 1:49

YouTube description: Making a faster plane takes more than building better engines and structures. To go supersonic, engineers had to solve hundreds of problems -- including ditching one of the biggest... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 2 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 537 views • 4:36

This successful test of the upgraded and now human rated Dragon capsule is the first step towards the USA being able to send astronauts to the ISS without hitching a lift on Russian Soyuz spacecraft. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 513 views • 4:57

YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 423 views • 10:05

YouTube description: Everything seemed normal on the second leg of American Airlines Fight 96, June 12, 1972. Captain Bryce McCormick sat back to take a sip of coffee and admire the view. Then, suddenly,... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 3 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 462 views • 11:00

Back in the 1920s, wingwalking claimed lives. Daredevils would move around on the top of a plane's wings, in mid-flight, often without any harness or any safety line. Maybe they'd be able to clip onto... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 3 years 8 months ago • 71 views • 4:09

YouTube description: Olympic ski jumper Sarah Hendrickson is no stranger to soaring through the skies. She’s been taking flight for 15 years, jumping from dizzying heights and sliding downhill at... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 336 views • 2:23

Concorde had a cruising speed of 2,179 kilometers or 1,354 miles per hour, which was Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound. A New York to London flight would only take 3 hours, therefore making it much... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 4 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 55 views • 2:58

YouTube description: Ever wondered how they film a tank shell in flight for over 100m meters like it was travelling at walking speed or the instant of a nuclear explosion. In this video, I look at... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,675 views • 7:14

(H/T @eric3579)

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 273 views • 9:42

After earning our pilot's licence, the first thing most of us do is take our first passenger flying. However, I think passenger management is something that the primary training does not address very well. ... continue reading

posted by BSR 5 years 3 weeks ago • 86 views • 14:52

YouTube: Spinning magnets near copper sheets create levitation!

posted by PlayhousePals 5 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 290 views • 6:19

YT "Seatbelts and airbags in cars save passengers lives. Parachutes save people who, for a variety of reasons, exit a plane in mid-flight. So why aren’t parachutes provided to passengers on commercial... continue reading

posted by blackfox42 5 years 5 months 1 week ago • 320 views • 6:48