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In this Aug. 13, 1965 photo provided by the San Diego Air and Space Museum, technicians work on an Atlas Centaur 7 rocket at Cape Canaveral, Fla. A mysterious object temporarily orbiting Earth is a Centaur 7 upper stage rocket, not an asteroid after all, astronomers confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
NASA Says Mystery Object Isn't Asteroid
It's actually a 54-year-old rocket.
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The five aircraft took off, completed various formations and landed autonomously as part of the test mission.
Boeing Performs Groundbreaking Autonomous Teaming Flights
AI teaches the aircraft’s brain to understand what is required of it.
Dec 2nd, 2020
This computer graphics image released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the Hayabusa2 spacecraft above the asteroid Ryugu. The Japanese spacecraft is nearing Earth after a yearlong journey home from a distant asteroid carrying soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, a space agency official said Friday, Nov. 27, 2020.
Spacecraft Carrying Asteroid Soil Samples Nears Home
The samples could provide clues to the origins of the solar system.
Nov 27th, 2020
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A Ryanair plane parks at the airport in Weeze, Germany.
Boeing Gets a Boost from Ryanair Order for 75 More Max Jets
Dec 4th, 2020
American Airlines pilots captain Pete Gamble, left, and first officer John Konstanzer in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max jet before taking off from Dallas-Fort Worth airport, Grapevine, Texas, Dec. 2, 2020.
American Puts the Boeing Max Back in the Air
Dec 2nd, 2020
Concept design for the Chinese Mars 2020 rover and lander, Aug. 2016.
China's Space Ambitions: Robot on Mars, Human on the Moon
Dec 2nd, 2020
Satellite image of the damaged radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, Nov. 17, 2020.
Huge Radio Telescope Collapses
Dec 1st, 2020
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Space Agency, Startup Ink Deal to Bring Space Trash Home
A custom-made spacecraft will capture and bring down part of a rocket once used to deliver a satellite into orbit.
Dec 1st, 2020
The T-7A Red Hawk weapons systems trainers and operational flight trainer will provide future pilots with “real-as-it-gets” simulation training to complement their time in the actual aircraft. The simulator reinforces the “flight” experience with high-end optics and dynamic motion seats.
Boeing Starts Production on Weapons System Trainer
It is arguably the most advanced training system in the world.
Dec 1st, 2020
A shelter is seen at the Thomas Dixon Aircraft Observation Area as a Southwest Airlines flight from Jacksonville, Fla., makes its landing approach onto Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Glen Burnie, Md. With coronavirus cases spiking in the U.S. and Europe, the financial outlook of the world's airlines is getting worse. The International Air Transport Association said Tuesday that around the world, airlines will lose more than $157 billion this year and next.
Financial Outlook for Airlines Dims
Airlines will lose more than $157 billion over this year and next.
Nov 25th, 2020
Robert J. Dole Federal Courthouse, Kansas City, Kan., May 2016.
Engineering Firm, Executives Settle False Claims Allegations
Prosecutors said KalScott Engineering wrongfully obtained funds from NASA and the Navy.
Nov 24th, 2020
A Boing 737 MAX 9 airplane performs a demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show.
European Regulator Moves to Clear Boeing 737 for Flight
The plane could be flying European skies in a matter of weeks.
Nov 24th, 2020
A Qantas Airbus A380.
Vaccinations May Soon Be Required for International Flyers
Australia's largest airline says it will require a vaccine for traveling in and out of the country.
Nov 24th, 2020
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Amazon Lays Off Dozens in Drone Division
The company is giving the ax to numerous employees responsible for R&D and manufacturing.
Nov 23rd, 2020
A worker talks on a cellphone near a flag with the logo of the Communist Party of China at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang in southern China's Hainan province, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. Chinese technicians were making final preparations Monday for a mission to bring back material from the moon's surface for the first time in nearly half a century — an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.
China Prepares to Take Samples from the Moon
The mission's key task is to drill almost 7 feet beneath the moon's surface and scoop up materials.
Nov 23rd, 2020
A 100-foot gash, created by a broken cable and metal platform, in the radio telescope's reflector dish in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Aug. 11, 2020.
Huge Radio Telescope to Close in Blow to Science
Officials said operating the massive telescope is too dangerous given the significant damage it recently sustained.
Nov 20th, 2020
From left to right: pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Shannon Walker, Crew Dragon commander Michael Hopkins, JAXA astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi and flight engineer Kate Rubins hold a news conference aboard the International Space Station, Nov. 19, 2020.
Astronaut Says SpaceX Launch Beats Shuttle, Soyuz
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi — only the third person to launch aboard all three — said the Dragon “really wanted to go to space.”
Nov 20th, 2020
Russian astronauts Commander Sergey Ryzhikov, left, and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov outside the International Space Station, Nov. 18, 2020.
Spacewalking Astronauts Prep for Lab's Arrival
The Pirs spacewalking module will be removed and junked to make room for the long-delayed Nauka research lab.
Nov 19th, 2020
Installation of Vega’s 'upper composite' atop the launch vehicle.
Bad Cabling Blamed for Failed Launch
When the final stage of the rocket ignited, the spacecraft tumbled off course.
Nov 18th, 2020