Aviation News

Posted October 9, 2008:

• Method Of Predicting Clear Air Turbulence Could Make Flights Smoother In The Future

Posted October 8, 2008:

• Apollo Heat Shield Uncrated After 35 Years, Helps New Crew Vehicle Design

Posted October 7, 2008:

• Portable Industrial Robot Designed For Aircraft Assembly

Posted October 6, 2008:

• Sensors Advance Lunar Landing Project
• Portable Imaging System Will Help Maximize Public Health Response To Natural Disasters

Posted October 5, 2008:

• Pterodactyl-inspired Robot To Master Air, Ground And Sea

Posted October 2, 2008:

• New Robotic Repair System Will Fix Ailing Satellites

Posted September 30, 2008:

• Micro Honeycomb Materials Enable New Physics In Aicraft Sound Reduction

Posted September 26, 2008:

• Naval Research Laboratory's Coastal, Atmosphere Experiments Ready For Payload Integration

Posted September 23, 2008:

• Engineers Work To Clean And Improve Engine Performance
• Shake, Rattle And Roll: James Webb Telescope Components Pass Tests

Posted September 17, 2008:

• Low-emission, High-performance Engine For Future Hybrids

Posted September 8, 2008:

• Safer Skies For The Flying Public: New Air Traffic Control System Model Will Track Variables Without Human Input
• Airplane Riveting Improved With New Technology

Posted September 3, 2008:

• 'Autonomous' Helicopters Teach Themselves To Fly

Posted August 8, 2008:

• Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts Being Assessed

Posted August 4, 2008:

• Arresting And Self-healing Cracks: Paving The Way For Next Generation Composite Materials

Posted July 23, 2008:

• Micro Air Vehicle: Three Gram 'Dragonfly' Takes Flight

Posted July 20, 2008:

• Sharpest Measurement Of Ice Crystals In Clouds Ever Will Help In Climate Modeling

Posted July 10, 2008:

• College Students Design Future Aircraft In NASA Competition

Posted July 3, 2008:

• First Measurements Of The Solar Wind Termination Shock By Voyager 2 Spacecraft

Posted June 18, 2008:

• Engineering Students Launch Record-breaking Balloon

Posted June 15, 2008:

• Next-generation Spacesuit: NASA Awards Contract For Constellation Spacesuit For The Moon

Posted June 12, 2008:

• Professor Designs Plasma-propelled Flying Saucer

Posted June 11, 2008:

• Air-powered Go-cart Hits The Track

Posted June 1, 2008:

• Perfect Night Vision? New Superlattice Structure Enables High Performance Infrared Imaging

Posted May 19, 2008:

• Self-repairing Aircraft Could Revolutionize Aviation Safety

Posted May 10, 2008:

• NASA Successfully Completes First Series Of Ares Engine Tests

Posted May 2, 2008:

• Bacteria Levels In Aircraft Shows Low Risk To Travelers, Study Shows

Posted April 14, 2008:

• Nervous System For Airplanes, Bridges And Other Structures Should Improve Safety

Posted April 11, 2008:

• Historical Look At Physiology And WWII Air War

Posted April 10, 2008:

• How Strong Is That Hurricane? Just Listen
• How Rocket Engines Can Be Destroyed By Mysterious Sound Waves

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Smart Aircraft Wings And New Lightweight Construction Materials Developed

Posted March 31, 2008:

• Sensors For Bat-inspired Spy Plane Under Development

Posted March 28, 2008:

• Next-generation Sensors May Help Avert Airline Disasters

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Mark Robotic First For British Antarctic Survey

Posted March 19, 2008:

• Fake Diamonds Help Jet Engines Take The Heat

Posted March 13, 2008:

• Camera Brings Vast Improvement For Surveillance

Posted March 11, 2008:

• Record-breaking Simulation Of Aircraft Wake Turbulence

Posted March 6, 2008:

• First Flight Of The RoboSwift Micro-Airplane Is A Success

Posted March 3, 2008:

• Hovering Bats Stay Aloft Using Swirling Vortices

Posted February 23, 2008:

• Amazing Minaturized 'SIDECAR' Drives Webb Telescope's Signal

Posted February 17, 2008:

• Aircraft Noise Raises Blood Pressure Even While People Are Sleeping, Says Study

Posted February 9, 2008:

• Birds, Bats And Insects Hold Secrets For Aerospace Engineers

Posted January 28, 2008:

• Scientists To Study High-risk Plant Pathogen Using Small, Unmanned Aircraft

Posted January 27, 2008:

• Airport Safety: Magnetic Fingerprinting In The Fog?

Posted January 5, 2008:

• Wearing Technology On Your Sleeve

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