As recounted in Adam Higginbotham’s “Challenger,” the 1986 tragedy that riveted a nation was a preventable lesson in hubris ...

At 8.15 a.m. on Jan. 28, 1986, New Hampshire social-studies teacher Christa McAuliffe sat with her six fellow astronauts ...

On February 7, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless ventured out into space and away from shuttle Challenger using only a ...

The only problem was that the Shuttle, unlike its Soviet-made counterpart, couldn’t actually land without somebody to flip the switches in the cockpit. RCO Cable installed in Flight Deck.

Therefore, in 1973, NASA decided to modify four Grumman Gulfstream II jets to become a Shuttle Training Aircraft (STA). The ...

This afterburner system was similar to technology used today by fighter jets and the Space Shuttle. It gave ... But the system in Concorde's cockpit was far more sophisticated.

Its cockpit is located on the top deck ... the Air Force One, and even a Space Shuttle Carrier. The aircraft also has a pod to carry a non-functioning fifth engine. Virgin Orbit utilizes this ...

Open Cockpit Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Castle Air Museum, 5050 Santa Fe Dr., Atwater. Admission ...

American Airlines has become the first U.S. carrier allowing every pilot to confidentially review computer simulations of ...

"The first crewed flight of a new spacecraft is an absolutely critical milestone," said Jim Free, NASA's associate ...

The House is poised to clear a bill setting aviation policy for the next five years. But lawmakers couldn’t figure out how to ...

Its open cockpit design allows for easy entry and ... accessing a remote river or bikepacking it as part of your shuttle. Alpacka packrafts are known for their durability-to-weight ratio, and ...