Aeronautics
NASA is Helping to Develop a Mach 4 Passenger Jet
NASA has completed a series of studies that evaluated the potential for supersonic air travel between Mach 2 and 4!
Want to Soar to the Stratosphere? Japan Joins the Balloon Tourism Race
A Japanese company has put out the call for passengers who'd be willing to pay more than $175,000 for an…
Ion Engines Could Work on Earth too, to Make Silent, Solid-State Aircraft
Ion engines are the best technology for sending spacecraft on long missions. They're not suitable for launching spacecraft against powerful…
Glowing Helicopters on Mars
If the Ingenuity helicopter would fly at night on Mars, its very possible the whirring rotors would create enough static…
Aircraft Could fly at Mach 17 on Shockwaves From Continuous Detonations
Ever felt the need to get somewhere really, really quickly? Would Mach 17 work? That’s the speed a new prototype…
Chuck Yeager, the First Man to Break the Sound Barrier has Died. He was 97
On Dec. 7th, 2020, legendary aviator Chuck Yeager died in hospital at the age of 97. He leaves behind a…
What Would a Realistic Space Battle Look Like?
Science fiction space movies can do a poor job of educating people about space. In the movies, hot-shot pilots direct…
This is What an Air-Breathing Electric Thruster’s Intake Would Look Like
Like all other technologies, satellite technology has grown in leaps and bounds in the past couple decades. Satellites can monitor…
NASA Will Be Building a Quiet, Supersonic Aircraft: the X-59
NASA's X-Plane Program has been around for 70 years. Over the course of those decades, the agency has developed a…
X-37B Lands After 780 Days in Orbit Doing ???
The X-37B, the US Air Force's experimental, Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has come back down to Earth after 780 days.…