aerospace
The Government’s Secret UFO Program Funded Research on Wormholes and Extra Dimensions
Documents released by the Department of Defense reveal some of what its infamous Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was working on.
The Military's Hornet Fighters Are Falling Out of the Sky
Six months. Eight accidents. Eight destroyed Hornets and one damaged one. Five dead aviators.
Tracking Planes Over the Ocean Is About to Get Easier
New flight-tracking tech still won't tell us where a plane like Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went down, but we will know exactly where it lost power.
Is This the Strongest Origami in the World?
Researchers say their “zipper tube” is simultaneously flexible yet rigid.
Meet the Hollywood Prop Designer Making NASA's Spacesuits
He was so good at designing fake spacesuits that he was hired to do the real thing.
Here's Another Way to Get Rid of Your Neighbor's Dumb Drone
It doesn’t make the pew pew sound though. You lose some.
Here’s a Montage of NASA Deliberately Crashing Spaceships
At NASA’s Landing Impact and Research Facility, crashing is the goal.
Turning Airplane Seats Around with a New Design
Zodiac Seats France's HD31 spacing offers more legroom while allowing airplanes to fit more passengers.
Mexico Has Bought a Toaster Oven-Sized Payload for a Mission to the Moon
The mission to the Moon is expected to be a boost for Mexico after the failed launch in May of the Centenario satellite, which fell apart while leaving Earth.
With Two New Satellites, Canada's Space Station Camera Company is Getting Huge
The acquisition is the third in a string of big announcements from UrtheCast this month, which is trying to establish itself as a key player in the growing earth imaging industry.
How a Human First Broke the Sound Barrier
Sixty-seven years ago this week, Chuck Yeager strapped himself into a rocket and flew directly against what was then known as a hard, fast limit.