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Flight is the process by which an object moves either through the air, or movement beyond earth's atmosphere (as in the case of spaceflight), by aerodynamically generating lift, propulsive thrust or aerostatically using buoyancy, or by simple ballistic movement.

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An aircraft dubbed 'Solar Impulse', HB-SIA prototype, is rolled out of a hangar

Pioneering Swiss solar-powered plane rolled out

Technology / Energy

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Solar Impulse, the Swiss bid to make the first solar-powered flight around the world, rolled out its prototype on Friday at an airbase near Zurich and powered up the engines.


Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (21) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.


Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.


2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight (AP)

2 parachutes malfunctioned in NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(AP) -- Two of three parachutes malfunctioned in the test flight of a prototype moon rocket earlier this week, causing major damage to the booster, NASA said Friday.


Exploring the final frontier: Disease proposed as major barrier to Mars and beyond

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

A new report appearing in The Journal of Leukocyte Biology argues that human missions to Mars, as well as all other long-term space flights might be compromised by microbial hitchhikers, such as bacteria.


A Northwest Airlines jet at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport in MinnesotaT

Pilots used laptop computers while straying off course

Technology / Other

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.


Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight (AP)

Bad weather could interfere with NASA test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.


NASA's Ares 1-X rocket rolled to launch pad 39-b at the Kennedy Space Center October 20, 2009 in Cape Canaveral, Florida

NASA is 'go' for crucial rocket test

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 25, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

NASA is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program's future.


Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (AP)

Panel says NASA should skip moon, fly elsewhere (Update)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (12) | comments 23

(AP) -- NASA needs to make a major detour on its grand plans to return astronauts to the moon, a special independent panel told the White House Thursday.


NASA puts new rocket on launch pad for test flight (AP)

NASA puts new Ares I-X rocket on launch pad for test flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Ares I-X flight test vehicle arrived at the pad ...


NASA Updates Shuttle Atlantis Target Launch Date

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is targeting Nov. 16 for the launch of space shuttle Atlantis' STS-129 mission from the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Unique new MAV operates with high aerodynamic efficiency

Unique new MAV operates with high aerodynamic efficiency

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 0

A French researcher, funded by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, in London, England and the French DoD has designed a rugged micro air vehicle (MAV) that is attractive to the U.S. ...


Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Technology / Energy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...


Wireless Internet will become gradually available on all Lufthansa's long-haul flights

Lufthansa, Panasonic deal for in-flight Internet

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

German flag carrier Lufthansa and Japanese electronics giant Panasonic have teamed up to offer passengers wireless Internet on long-haul flights from 2010, the airline said on Monday.


To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows

To flap, or not to flap? Flapping wings can be more efficient than fixed wings, study shows

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a new Cornell study, an optimized flapping wing could actually require 27 percent less power than its optimal steady-flight counterpart at small scales.