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Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) As aircraft become more complex, managing heat in sensitive avionics systems has never been more critical. The rapid expansion of electronic ...
It could be some sort of future space plane that makes the trip. Whether the golden age of space planes is ahead of us or not ...
Beyond space, BAE is also focusing on making aviation more sustainable. This isn’t just a side project; it’s a core part of ...
Commercial aircraft could be used to cool the planet by injecting particles into the atmosphere. A recent study reveals that this method could be implemented more quickly. Researchers from ...
A technique to cool the planet, in which particles are added to the atmosphere to reflect sunlight, would not require developing special aircraft but could be achieved using existing large planes ...
Traveling at high speeds heats up the air. They need to cool the air very rapidly to make an efficient hypersonic engine. They are still working on the critical technology. They have not built and are ...
Sierra Space marked a historic achievement with the completion of its first Dream Chaser space plane. The Colorado-based company announced on Thursday (Nov. 2) that construction has wrapped up on ...
TECHNOLOGY is rapidly changing on the ground, in space and the sky in between. Here’s a glimpse into the not-so-distant future of air travel. ‘Skytanic’ Soon to be the world’… ...
Aircraft & Propulsion ... Earth-orbit communications satellites—especially SpaceX’s Starlink internet constellation—killed off the economic future for big ... Geostationary Space Is Cool ...
The machine's two small propellers turn frantically before the plane begins its slow climb up into the cloudless sky to 60,000ft (18,300m) or 70,000ft (21,300m) – a relentless ascent into the ...
The US X-37B and China's Shenlong are competing unmanned space planes whose covert missions are getting more complex. See how the spacecraft compare.
The term “space plane” often evokes NASA’s Space Shuttle, which flew 135 missions from 1981 to 2011, carrying astronauts into orbit and helping to construct the International Space Station.