Columbus, OH

In 1998, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was officially retired, concluding its more than 30 years of service with the US Air Force. Throughout its three decades in operation, it set countless records, which Lockheed Martin aims for its secret successor, the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird,” to surpass in the future.

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72: The SR-71 Blackbird’s Supersonic Successor

After two expeditions totaling eight days and 70 hours of intense work, the Brazilian Aircraft Restoration Association REVOAR, in partnership with Museu Aeroespacial Força Aérea Brasileira Museu Aeroespacial Instituto Histórico-Cultural da Aeronáutica and Força Aérea Brasileira , successfully revived the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine of the P-47D Thunderbolt, which had been grounded for years due to technical issues. Critical interventions were made to the aircraft’s systems, ensuring that three taxi runs could be completed with maximum safety.

Brazilian P-47 Thunderbolt Roars Again!

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24/7 Wall St. Insights: The L-39 Albatros first entered service in 1972, and countries are still adding this aircraft to their military forces The Albatros is powered by a single Ivchenko AI-25TL turbofan engine, which allows for a top speed around 400 mph This jet can equip a 23mm automatic cannon as well as a […]
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World Militaries Are Still Buying This Combat Aircraft From the 1970s

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Daily Times

Launching satellites can be a costly business. According to SpaceNews, Space X spends about $50 million dollars per launch of 50 satellites toward building their comprehensive Starlink satellite constellations.

Giant catapult launches satellites into low orbit

New York Post

Two astronauts stranded in space for 49 days – 41 days longer than their planned mission – because their Boeing-build ride home is full of leaks will have to spend at least a few more weeks aboard the International Space Station, officials said Thursday. 

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were meant to spend just eight days in space following their launch aboard the Boeing Starliner — the maiden crewed voyage for the spacecraft. 

Once in space, astronauts found a series of concerning helium leaks and have been testing whether the ship can be used to return them to Earth.



Now, they’re expected...

Astronauts stuck in space for 49 days by malfunctioning Boeing spacecraft can’t return home for weeks

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A retired military officer who had been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) tragically died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship last month, authorities confirmed.

Cruise Passenger Who Jumped from World's Largest Ship After Dispute Suffered with PTSD

A team of engineers at Whisper Aero is planning a revolution in aviation technology. The start-up’s propulsion innovation is an advanced electric ducted fan, or EDF, intended to replace the traditional fossil-fuel-burning engines used on most aircraft. Compared to the most efficient jet engines available today, current EDFs can offer at least a 5 to 10% improvement in propulsive efficiency at speeds of 200 to 400 knots.

Whisper Aero Uses Summit to Test Concepts for Ultraquiet Electric Airplane

Defense News

The Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft is set to replace roughly 2,000 Black Hawk utility helicopters.

Army’s long-range tiltrotor aircraft moves to next development phase

Rocket Lab USA said it has successfully hot fired its new rocket engine Archimedes for the first time, reaching a technical milestone toward the first launch of the company’s new medium-lift rocket, Neutron. Rocket Lab’s engineers completed the hot fire test at the company’s Engine Test Complex within NASA’s...

Rocket Lab Fires Archimedes Engine for the First Time

Boeing has successfully completed the world’s first flight test of a quantum navigation system, enabling an aircraft to navigate without GPS. This breakthrough technology addresses potential disruptions in service that can arise with current GPS or other navigational systems. The accuracy of the quantum navigation system would allow aircraft...

Boeing Completes First Quantum Navigation Flight Test Without GPS

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Denver, CO

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No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

Washington, DC

Alamogordo Conservative Daily

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp was the command sergeant major of the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and U.S. Army Military District of Washington (JTF-NCR/MDW) per her official biography. However effective Tuesday she was released from command.

Command Sergeant Major Veronica E. Knapp Released from Command in D.C.

Space.com

China's mysterious space plane has been caught on camera by a satellite watcher who snagged new imagery of the high-flying robotic vehicle.

China's secretive space plane caught on camera in orbit (photos)

The oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the mantle controls the speciation and mobility of volatiles within it, influencing the composition of volatiles released during mantle-derived magmatic activity, and thereby regulating the composition of the atmosphere. Researchers from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), together with their...

New parameter enhances insights into the evolution of mantle's redox states

WyoFile

The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

Each day, the team at Aircraft For Sale picks an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, represents a good deal, or has other interesting qualities. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s Top Pick is a 1992 SOCATA TB-9 Tampico...

This 1992 SOCATA TB-9 Tampico Is a Stylish-But-Economical ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick

Kongsberg Maritime, a Norwegian technology enterprise, has introduced a new size of underwater mountable azimuth thruster with a 3.7 meter propeller and 4.2 mw power output model joining the range. Suited to a range of vessels including drill ships, wind farm vessels and production vessels, the UUC PM 355 features...

Kongsberg introduces its underwater mountable thruster

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Rose Matthews says she can hear the ever-present hum of big generators running behind the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront hotel, whether she is inside or outside her home at the Berkman Plaza on East Bay Street.

Neighbors tire of humming generators at Downtown Hyatt

The Lens

This year’s area of low oxygen in the Gulf of Mexico is larger than average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced on Thursday. The “dead zone” is approximately 6,705 square miles , as measured last week. Within NOAA’s 38 years of measuring the dead zone, this year’s assessment marks the 12th-largest area of low to no oxygen, which can kill fish and marine life.

Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce

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The Unusual Evolution of the Fairchild C-123 Provider

One of the more extreme engine conversions of the platform, the Chase XC-123A incorporated turbojets in pods like the Boeing B-47 Stratojet. [U.S. Air Force]. Not...

The Unusual Evolution of the Fairchild C-123 Provider

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