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https://austinmeyer.com/i-have-learned-some-things-about-how-ice-affects-aircraft-performance/ | 2024-02-22T07:17:46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473735.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20240222061937-20240222091937-00142.warc.gz | 0.904634 | 4,110 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__164253651 | en | I have learned some things about how ice affects aircraft performance from studying the loss of N515DL, a Lancair Evolution recently lost in flight with all aboard.
No privileged or private information will be discussed in this post.
THE MATH: WHAT ICE DOES
So let’s start with what makes airplanes fly: Coefficient of lift and Coefficient of drag.
Lift is equal to the coefficient of lift times the wing area times the air density times the airspeed squared divided by two.
Drag is equal to the coefficient of drag times the wing area times the air density times the airspeed squared divided by two.
Lift is equal to the lift coefficient times a bunch of stuff.
Drag is equal to the drag coefficient times a bunch of stuff.
As we know, we get more lift coefficient by raising the nose.
Now what does ice do to lift and drag?
All the aviation media in the world tells us that ice decreases lift and increases drag.
Too bad they’re all wrong.
For a given non-stalled angle of attack, ice does NOT reduce your lift much at all!
What ice does is far, far, far more dangerous than that: It secretly raises your stall speed.
Then it makes it nearly impossible to recover from the stall that it just ambushed you with.
Here’s how I know:
Observe this report:
In this report, people carefully measured the effect of ice on lift and drag.
I show you some excerpts below.
DRAG is LEFT chart.
LIFT is the RIGHT chart.
X-axis is angle of attack, Y-axis is coefficient of drag on the left, and coefficient of lift on the right.
You can see the drag coefficients increase as ice is added to the wing.
I’ve colored that area yellow: For ALL flying angles of attack, as the ice builds, the drag increases… a lot.
You slow down. I colored the whole region is yellow: You are slowing down a lot with ice on the plane, with all that drag!
Now let’s look at the effect ice has on LIFT at right.
As you can see in the GREEN area (up to about 6 degrees AOA), ice has VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON YOUR LIFT!
It would be very very easy to not even NOTICE it! The clean and iced wing have basically the same lift in the green region!
But look what happens when you get to an AOA of a mere 6 degrees with ridge ice: Your plane stalls!
That’s the red area. A stall at a much lower AOA than you thought possible. The red area is an area you can never safely access with ice on your plane… you invite a stall.
So let’s do some math on this.
All of my calculations below are based on a hypothetical flight scenario for N844X, my personal Lancair Evolution.
Stall AOA for N844X with a clean wing, if we use the lift chart above for reference: AOA 15 degrees, Cl 1.05.
Stall AOA for N844X with a ridge-iced wing, if we use the lift chart above for reference: AOA 6 degrees, Cl 0.45.
So with ridge ice, N844X will stall at at 6 degrees instead of 15 degrees… THAT’S LESS THAN HALF OF THE USUAL THE ANGLE OF ATTACK.
Specifically, N844X will stall at 6/15 = 0.40 = 40% of the usual angle of attack… a 60% reduction.
What does that equate to in knots?
I will show my work:
Cl when clean = 1.05 (normal typical max coefficient of lift,from the science direct article, shown in the chart above)
Cl when iced = 0.45 (iced max coefficient of lift from the science direct article, shown in the chart above)
k = one half times wing area times air density, a constant for any given moment in a flight in a given airplane.
lift when clean = 1.05 * square ( Vstall-clean ) * k (see my equation for lift at top of report to see where this comes from)
lift when iced = 0.45 * square ( Vstall-iced ) * k (see my equation for lift at top of report to see where this comes from)
We have the same lift in both cases, since we are holding the plane at altitude in both cases, so, lift when clean = lift when iced, the autopilot sees to that by raising the nose
so: (just running through the algebra so my work can be checked)
square ( Vstall-iced ) * 0.45 * k = square ( Vstall-clean ) * 1.05 * k
square ( Vstall-iced ) * 0.45 = square ( Vstall-clean ) * 1.05
square ( Vstall-iced ) = square ( Vstall-clean ) * 1.05 / 0.45
Vstall-iced = square root ( square ( Vstall-clean ) * 1.05 / 0.45 )
Vstall-iced = Vstall-clean * square root ( 1.05 / 0.45 )
Vstall-iced = Vstall-clean * 1.53
In other words, for the ridge-ice case above,
IF the lift chart above is correct for a given airplane,
THEN you can take the clean stall speed of any airplane and add 53% to it: That will be your actual stall speed.
APPLY THE MATH TO N844X, MY LANCAIR EVOLUTION
The clean stall speed in my beloved N844X is 76 knots indicated.
So the stall speed with ridge ice is, without question if the chart above is correct:
76 * 1.53 = 116 knots indicated.
My stall speed with ridge ice is 116 knots indicated.
Higher than my calibrated white-arc stall speed.
Higher than my best rate of climb speed.
Higher than my best glide speed.
Higher than my AOA calibrated stall-warning speed.
Higher than my autopilot underspeed-protection speed.
The stall speed with ridge ice is well within the speed range I would expect to safely operate the airplane.
The stall speed with ridge ice is higher than the speed I would use for stall recovery if I was stalled.
And if I fly AOA instead of speed, my stall is 6 degrees AOA when I expect it to be 15.
If I stalled, I might lower the nose to half the expected critical AOA: See the chart above: I would still be stalled.
If I stalled, I might lower the nose to best climb or glide speed to minimize drag: See the chart above: I would still be stalled.
My expected stall recovery procedures, aren’t.
APPLY THE MATH TO 515DL, BASED ON PUBLICLY-AVAILABLE X-PLANE AND FLIGHT-AWARE
So let’s look at 515DL with only the publicly-available flight-aware data.
FlightAware clearly shows that he slowed down gradually at FL250 before an in-flight break-up.
Let’s look at his deceleration.
As we probably already know, when we are going really fast in an airplane and we suddenly reduce power, the airplane slows down A LOT AT FIRST SINCE THE DRAG IS HIGH, and the slows down less and less the slower you go, as the drag comes down.
This is called an ASYMPTOTIC deceleration: The speed is getting asymptotically closer to its’ new terminal value.
The airspeed falls quickly at first, and then levels out with a more gradual deceleration as the drag reduces as the airplane slows.
So, for a sudden power reduction, the plane would slow rapidly at first, and then gradually level off at some new, lower speed.
As we probably already know, when ICE builds on an airplane, the OPPOSITE happens: At FIRST your decelerate just a LITTLE BIT… there is only a LITTLE BIT of ice on the airplane!
Then, over time, as the ice builds, the deceleration increases… deceleration is proportional to drag, and drag is driven by ice as we see in the drag chart above.
So the deceleration INCREASES over time, which means that the speed bleeds off AT AN INCREASING RATE! This is the shape of a parabola. I’ll call it parabolic deceleration.
Isn’t this interesting?
515DL may have been slowed by a power-reduction, or an ice accretion, and:
A sudden power reduction would slow quickly at first in high drag, then decelerate more gently as terminal velocity is approached.
A constant-rate ice application would slow slowly at first with little added drag, then decelerate more quickly as more ice is accreted.
So I set up both cases in X-Plane, flying my Evolution N844X in the sim.
Here are both plots, shown as recorded in X-Plane:
Y-axis is knots, X-axis is time into the flight in seconds.
The MAGENTA line is the speed over time observed by just pulling the power back. This is the asymptotic line. As you can see, it slows down a bit quicker as the start in the higher drag, and then slows down more gradually as the speed bleeds off, as airplanes do. The line is asymptotic.
Then, the CYAN plot was obtained by having X-Plane apply ice from ZERO ICE at the LEFT SIDE of the graph to NINETY PERCENT of the ice defined by the tables above at the RIGHT side of the graph.
As you can see, the cyan plot is parabolic: The deceleration is INCREASING over time as the ice builds on the airplane! Again, this is a simulation of my airplane N844X in my flight simulator X-Plane, not real-world data.
Note that I chose the power reduction and ice accretion rate to have the same known ENDPOINTS (215 knots ground speed at t=345 seconds, 148 knots ground speed at t=445 seconds)
So these are two different ways an airplane might slow down in flight.
Which one will flight-aware follow? The magenta line that shows a sudden power-pull and gradual deceleration, or the cyan line that shows a drag application that increases over time?
Here’s the publicly-available FlightAware data from 515DL.
This is miles per hour ground speed, and of course we are thinking about knots airspeed, so the correlation is rough,
but look at the deceleration from 250 mph ground speed to say 115 mph ground speed, and compare the shape of that curve to the curves above.
I’ve shaded that area in red in the fljght aware image below.
Which does it match more closely?
You can see that over time, the deceleration increases down to stall speed.
For the deceleration at the end of the flight, hilited in red, does this indicate to you that someone:
1: pulled the power and coasted down asymptotically to some new equilibrium speed (magenta),
2: had drag build up at a constant rate, causing the deceleration to increase at a constant rate, and show the resulting parabolic change in speed (cyan).
GENERAL-CASE DISCUSSION OF WHAT A PILOT MIGHT THINK IN ICING SCENARIOS
So what might go through a pilots’ mind in icing scenarios?
Cruising along on autopilot, and ice is encountered. Remember, everyone teaches us that ice increases drag and reduces lift. This is not really true. As we see from our charts above, ice ads a huge amount of DRAG, but does not have too much effect on lift… at first. And in fact, lift does not degrade at ALL, because as ice builds when on autopilot… the autopilot simply keeps raising the nose to MAINTAIN LIFT!!
So when on autopilot, ice does NOT degrade lift.. the lift remains un-changed, because the lift impact is small, and the the autopilot even hides that from you by raising the nose.
Ice instead causes the airplane to SLOW and the autopilot raises the nose… with the critical AOA cut in HALF!
You can see where this is going.
A slowing airplane with a gradually-raising nose and the critical AOA being cut in half has an obvious and inevitable result:
The autopilot will fly the airplane right down some speed at which the stall will happen (remember it happens at LESS THAN HALF the usual AOA, which is A 53% higher indicated airspeed)
But what about the pilot noticing the airplane is slowing down?
How could he? As the autopilot raises the nose to maintain level flight, the pilot is pushed back more and more in is seat… that feels like an ACCELERATION to me!!!
It feels like the plane is SPEEDING UP! He feels like the plane is going fast, not slow!
But what about autopilot underspeed protection?
It’s useless: The stall speed of an airplane with 90% of the ice demonstrated above is greater than the usual best GLIDE speed… certainly within the underspeed limit of any properly-configured autopilot!
Who expects the stall speed to be above best glide speed?
But what about the pilot understanding the stall?
How could he? A pilot in that case is already known to be in IMC, and the PFDs we use are not usually the ones that are designed to show extreme attitudes.
But what about the pilot recovering from the stall?
How could he? He’s IMC, just taken over a stalled airplane, and the plane is now stalling at HALF the usual AOA, STALLING ABOVE BEST GLIDE speed… how could any trained stall recovery technique even APPLY here?
So we THOUGHT that:
Ice reduces lift. (It doesn’t. it has little pre-stall effect on lift, and the autopilot raises the nose to hold altitude… the autopilot is literally maintaining an un-changing lift)
Autopilots keeping us from stalling with underspeed protection. (They don’t. Your stall speed is now much higher than we ourselves programmed into our autopilots)
We will recover by reducing AOA to less than 15 degrees or so. (We won’t. We now stall at less than half the AOA we trained)
We will recover by increasing speed to well above stall speed under 1G. (We won’t. Our stall speed is now above the best glide speed and the best rate of climb speed)
HYPOTHETICAL POSSIBLE CASE IN N844X, MY LANCAIR EVOLUTION, SOME DAY
Now, like I do every time I read an accident report, I will mentally put myself in this situation in my beloved N844X.
Some day in the future, maybe I’m flying along in the clouds.
Of course the autopilot is on, holding altitude with any pitch input required.
Of course 90% of my thinking is strategic, looking at weather, fuel, engine parameters, etc, not staring at the attitude indicator for subtle changes in pitch!
Ice starts to form on the airplane, which of course does NOT show on my avionics, which I am studiously observing.
The airplane slows from the huge drag, shown in the yellow region of the drag chart above.
As the plane slows, the autopilot does exactly what it’s supposed to: Raise the nose to hold altitude. Total lift remains equal to total aircraft weight.
As the nose comes up, I am pushed back in my seat more from the nose-high altitude: Feels like acceleration to me, not deceleration. I think we are going FAST! I love speed. I’m totally comfortable.
At some point, the autopilot has me down to 116 knots (well above its’ 110 knot underspeed limit, so no underspeed-limit is hit) and up to 6 degrees AOA.
The autopilot may think there is no problem: I am well above glide speed.
The AOA system thinks there is no problem: I am well below the normal stall AOA.
The airspeed indicator thinks there is no problem: I am well above stall speed, and even glide speed!
The attitude indicator thinks there is no problem: My nose is up a little, but not nearly enough to worry about a stall with a clean wing.
But as you see from the charts above, at that point, I stall.
I am in IMC at this point of course.
The autopilot may keep pulling back on the stick, in the stall, thinking the speed and AOA are fine.
I am so cool and collected that I turn the autopilot off and fly the stall recovery myself. I lower the nose to reduce angle of attack to 7.5 degrees… HALF my usual critical AOA.
No good. You know that my stall AOA is now 6 degrees.
I am so cool and collected I lower the nose to increase airspeed. I go to 110 knots, my best climb speed.
No good. You know my stall speed is now 116 knots. (and that’s assuming my normal weight at 1G… neither of which is true as I carry pounds of ice with rapidly-increasing speed and G-load)
I am now in IMC, in a stalled airplane that I just grabbed from the autopilot, with a critical AOA that is less than half of what all of the systems on board are calibrated for, with a critical AOA that is less than half of what I have trained for, with G-loading and speed building up in post-stall flight, perhaps with multiple stall recoveries and re-entries since the stall AOA is now so low.
At some point, the speed surely exceeds maneuvering speed, and I am perhaps pulling back on the stick trying to recover at an increasingly-high speed. No airframe can take that forever: At some point the G-limit is exceeded and the wing fails.
The post-flight observed result would be a constant-altitude parabolic speed-loss on flight trackers and and in-flight break-up.
GENERAL-CASE DISCUSSION OF WHAT A PILOT COULD DO IN SCENARIOS LIKE THIS
For me, personally, I will do this:
Job 1: ALWAYS SEE IF THERE IS ANY ICE ON THE AIRPLANE
If there is, I just got a new Job 1!
Job 1: (TACTICAL): KEEP MY ANGLE OF ATTACK DOWN AND MY SPEED UP. (Look at the green area on the coefficient of lift graph above).
Job 2: (STRATEGIC): Get out of icing conditions.
OK it has been a stressful several days going through all this, but the next major X-Plane update will have this icing model implemented. | aerospace |
https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/south-carolina-news/sen-graham-submits-230-3m-funding-request-for-sc-military-facilities/ | 2022-10-05T17:45:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337663.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005172112-20221005202112-00408.warc.gz | 0.942465 | 382 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__108674792 | en | WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCBD) – Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Tuesday submitted funding requests to the Senate Appropriations Committee, seeking millions of dollars for projects on South Carolina military facilities.
If approved, Joint Base Charleston could receive $59M.
$30M would be be put towards building a new Fire and Rescue station “to centralize essential emergency dispatch services into a 911 dispatch center and maximize base and airfield fire protection.”
$29M would be put towards constructing “a flight line support facility, which [would] include administration and warehouse areas to support the current C-17 fleet.” Joint Base Charleston is home to one of the largest fleets of C-17s in the United States Air Force.
The majority of the funds would be used by Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, with $122.6M requested for the building of “an aircraft maintenance hangar with applied instructional space, multi-story parking facility, operations support spaces, an da hangar shop annex to support the F-35 training squadron.”
Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort would also receive $5M to properly equip facilities to handle, store, and recycle hazardous waste.
$13.7M would be given to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island for construction projects, including “an F-35 Operational Support Facility, the Instrument Landing System project at Beaufort, and Entry Control Facility improvements at Parris Island.”
Fort Jackson would receive $21M to be put towards Phase 1 of the Reception Barracks project.
$9M would be allocated to McEntire Joint National Guard Base “to provide a hazardous cargo pad to the 169th Fighter Wing, which they currently do not have.”
Graham said that additional requests could be forthcoming. | aerospace |
http://zlcupd.szhuameite.com/project/nasa-space-launch-system-sls/ | 2024-02-23T22:24:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474470.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223221041-20240224011041-00508.warc.gz | 0.927367 | 479 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__51852553 | en | NASA | Marshall Space Flight Center
Merrick & Company, in joint venture, provided programming, design, and construction administration for the test stands for the Space Launch System (SLS), Liquid Hydrogen Tank (LH2), and the SLS Liquid Oxygen (LOx), Tank at NASA at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
Prior to the launch of the SLS exploration mission vehicles to Mars, these fuel tanks undergo extensive testing to ensure they can handle the loads and stresses of launch and space flight. These tests validate the integrity of the tanks to ensure the utmost safety for our astronauts. These test stands are critical infrastructure for conducting these tests; the equipment on the stands simulates launch and flight by pushing, pulling, and bending the tanks, applying millions of pounds of force in both directions, as well as sideways shear.
Design of the stands had to consider the appropriate configuration for testing, millions of pounds of force transferred to both the test stands and the substructure foundation, and the ability to move and reconfigure the stands to accommodate testing for future missions. Nothing like these stands exists, and without them, our nation’s space mission would be grounded.
The SLS LH2 stand is 212 feet tall and configured as two wide towers of platforms on either side of a clear area. Platforms, approximately every 10 feet for the full height of the test stand, provide access to the LH2 tank and allow for loads to be applied at virtually any elevation.
The 85-foot LOx test stand footprint is 80 feet by 80 feet on a square concrete pad and is comprised of 20-feet-wide sections of platforms on both sides of an “L” with the two sides remaining open.
Perhaps the biggest design challenge was making the test stands configurable for both current and future missions. To do this, the team had to design the stands so the load deck portion of the LH2 test could be moved. The magnitude and complex nature of the stresses on this movable building structure made this task especially difficult. To solve this challenge, the Merrick team used special analysis software, CREO, to finalize some of the particularly complex connection designs.
Watch the structural test stand rise 221 feet from the start of construction in May 2014 to its finish in November 2016.
ACEC Engineering Excellence Award; ACEC Best of the Best | aerospace |
http://www.montana.edu/news/16771/msu-alum-s-night-sky-photography-featured-on-national-platform | 2017-09-21T10:25:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687740.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170921101029-20170921121029-00452.warc.gz | 0.947079 | 300 | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-39__0__219998555 | en | BOZEMAN — The night sky photography of a Montana State University alumnus is being featured on a national platform this week.
The Smithsonian’s Air and Space Magazine is sharing the work of Ryan Hannahoe on its official Instagram account this week. Hannahoe graduated from the MSU College of Education, Health and Human Development in 2012 with a degree in education.
From March 6-12, the magazine is sharing approximately three of Hannahoe’s images daily. Information about the image accompanies each one.
Hannahoe and Air and Space Magazine have collaborated previously; Hannahoe’s photography was first featured in the publication in 2011 when he was an intern at the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center. While there, he taught others about the James Webb Space Telescope mission.
Hannahoe is a science teacher at Clancy School and also serves as the executive director of the Montana Learning Center, a non-profit organization that provides educational experiences for all in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics) fields.
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- MSU alum selected for inaugural class of astronomy educator program - June 29, 2015
- MSU student shares knowledge, love of astronomy with elementary students, community - April 19, 2010
- MSU student selected for NASA Space Science Student Ambassadors Program - October 5, 2010
- MSU education student contributes to NASA outreach efforts - November 1, 2011 | aerospace |
https://worldtimetodays.com/electric-aircraft-prototype-takes-off-on-maiden-flight/ | 2022-11-28T14:51:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710533.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128135348-20221128165348-00332.warc.gz | 0.920404 | 352 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__244980452 | en | The prototype flight took place at Moses Lake early this morning.
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — A prototype all-electric aircraft completed its first flight in central Washington state on Tuesday morning.
The Seattle Times reports that when the Federal Aviation Administration finally certifies the small plane to carry passengers, it could become the first all-electric airliner.
The plane, built by startup Eviation, was designed to seat nine passengers and up to two pilots and took off from Moses Lake, Washington at 7:10 a.m. Tuesday. The plane landed eight minutes later.
The company’s goal is to demonstrate that such electric aircraft can fly as commuter aircraft at an altitude of approximately 15,000 feet (4,572 meters).
Designed by engineers in Washington State and Israel, the plane will be powered by 21,500 small Tesla-style battery cells.
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https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/prototype-electric-airplane-first-flight-moses-lake-washington/293-7af5aed2-0b78-44ee-82e6-1ee9cba15e90 Electric aircraft prototype takes off on maiden flight | aerospace |
https://thedesignsoc.com/eviation-private-jet-design-2020/ | 2023-10-04T15:42:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511386.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20231004152134-20231004182134-00138.warc.gz | 0.943028 | 530 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__111602943 | en | Alice is redefining regional commuting as the first all-electric aircraft. As transportation increasingly becomes electric, Eviation believe they have created and introduced a new type of aircraft to the industry for the first time in 50 years.
Alice is an all-electric aircraft designed to take 9 passengers up to 650 miles at a cruise speed of 240 knots. Its state-of-the-art technology leverages an IP portfolio that includes thermal management and autonomous landing, as well as distributed electric propulsion, airframe design, industry-leading battery technology, and cutting-edge composite body frames.
The interior is distinguished by a staggering reverse herringbone seating arrangement, with passengers angled towards the extra-large cabin windows. Each passenger has a living space that includes a large side console, small items storage space and a wireless charging point. Upon entering the cabin, the seats are aligned with the direction of flight for a wider aisle and facilitating passenger ingress, but after take-off they can pivot towards the window, allowing for greater privacy, increasing headroom and providing a spectacular view.
The cockpit proved to be a challenge, as the fuselage is heavily tapered towards the nose and the windscreen is unusually large. The design team developed a VR cabin and cockpit walkthrough experience to validate the proposed design solutions with Eviation before prototyping, bringing knowledge from different areas to improve the design processes.
Alice is powered by electric motors and all systems in the aircraft are electrically powered, enabling highly efficient and zero-emissions travel. The design intervention focused on new seats, the complete cabin interior including lavatory but also the cockpit interior, instrument panel and pilot seats. Even with an irregular cabin section, a modular system was developed for the manufacture and assembly of interior panels, allowing for a high-end aesthetic with feasible production processes.
Alice replaces aging, incumbent aircraft, which are expensive to maintain and operate, and offer an inadequate customer experience. Alice will not only redefine regional transportation by allowing commuters to circumvent road congestion, but it will also introduce emission-free, all-electric aviation. Building an electrically powered aircraft competes on all of the highest cost factors of the operational cost of the plane, fuel & oil and motor reserve. While the flight itself remains quiet and comfortable due to a composite structure built for electric integration, extreme propulsion, aerodynamic efficiency and flight stability, it still maintains zero emissions while in the air.
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http://www.officer.com/article/10249717/the-helicopter-is-grounded-again | 2015-04-25T13:01:36 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-18/segments/1429246649234.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20150417045729-00013-ip-10-235-10-82.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.955645 | 960 | CC-MAIN-2015-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-18__0__141448724 | en | Despite all the technological advances in aviation, weather is still a critical element that directly affects all types of flying. Any passenger that has flown the commercial airlines during a snowstorm or when thunderstorms are in the area can attest to the fact that bad weather almost always results in delays. The same holds true for law enforcement aviation. Although new helicopters are being developed and delivered with highly advanced navigation equipment and systems such as autopilots, weather can play havoc with law enforcement aviation operations.
The Air Traffic Control System
The Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System (ATC) does a remarkable job of moving airlines, corporate aircraft and general aviation aircraft across the skies of the United States safety and effectively each and every day, in almost all types of weather. Why can an airliner go from New York to Los Angeles in certain weather conditions, while the police helicopter is grounded by it?
When flying in poor weather, any aircraft flying must operate under instrument flight rules (IFR) and follow set procedures, using current and highly accurate navigation charts. These flights are conducted along routes that are "flight checked" by the FAA. The tests are conducted using sophisticated test equipment and real aircraft. The flight check tests insure accuracy and safety. When an aircraft flies an "instrument approach" to a specific airport, it is using an "instrument approach procedure' that has been developed, tested and monitored by the FAA using a thorough and complex set of rules and procedures. The allowed altitudes are carefully examined to allow for any obstructions and to insure the aircraft will descend and land safely.
Most police airborne operations are conducted under visual flight rules (VFR). Visual flight rules allow the aircraft to operate as long at the pilot can maintain visual ground contact and see for a certain distance. Currently, visual flight rules are 1000 feet ceiling and visibility three miles. To further complicate the picture, helicopters are given certain allowances, because of their agility and ability to operate lower and slower than airplanes. In certain circumstances, helicopters may be allowed to operate under VFR in conditions less than 1000 feet ceiling and three mile visibility.
The Weather Factors
Ask any pilot what kind of weather keeps them awake at night, and they will always mention thunderstorms and icing. The largest aircraft in the sky, including the Boeing 747 and the massive U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy, can be knocked out of the sky by a severe thunderstorm or severe icing. A senior airline pilot that routinely flew the 747 was once asked for his strategy when he encounters icing. His answer was simple; "Get out of it." In short, take action now to get out of the icing encounter. If a ground unit requests an airborne asset and thunderstorms are in the area or the possibility of icing or icing conditions exist, it is a fair bet to say that the airborne asset will be unable to respond. Other factors that could impair response are local dense fog and heavy rain. Finally, not all pilots are alike. A particular pilot might feel comfortable and safe responding in certain weather, while the next pilot might decide the weather is not safe. It often is a result of training and experience.
Will a police aviation unit push the envelope when it is an urgent call such as "police officer in danger?" Well, it is safe to say that most police pilots share the same sense of brotherhood and camaraderie that ground officers share. Their desire to help when a police officer is in trouble is very strong, perhaps almost overwhelming. The desire to help is so strong that it can influence their decisions and impair their judgment. In order to counter this urgency, many agencies have developed "hard" weather minimums that, regardless of a pilot's experience, they cannot even attempt to respond if the weather conditions are at or below these minimums. Some agencies have even implemented a strategy taken from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) community. For years, the HEMS community has experienced a less-than-desirable safety record. Some studies of these accidents found a link between a flight crew's willingness to respond and the nature of the call. The studies found that a flight crew would push the limits for certain emotional calls, such as those involving children or police officers. In an effort to take the emotion out of the decision, the flight crew is asked if they could perform a flight under the current weather conditions without being given any other information. The decision to respond is made by objective and experienced thinking and decision making.
The decision to respond is always made in the best interest of safety. A police pilot's decision to respond or not is always based on their training and experience. Rest assured, if needed, and it is possible to fly safely, the airborne asset will be there! | aerospace |
http://john-golan.blogspot.com/2016/07/space-highlights-july-20-2016.html | 2018-07-17T15:02:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676589752.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20180717144908-20180717164908-00091.warc.gz | 0.881898 | 519 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__258438740 | en | July 20, 2016
SpaceX completed its fifth successful first-stage rocket booster landing, following the successful launch of a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station.
Japan's space agency, JAXA is considering the launch in 2020 of an X-ray astronomy telescope to replace Hitomi, the previous space telescope that was lost in March soon after it entered orbit.
Iridium has completed the first batch out of 81 new satellites that are planned to upgrade the provider's mobile communications network. Produced at the company's factory near Phoenix, the first ten new satellites will be launched in September aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Satellite service providers are warning that if the United States' Trade Representative fails to scrap the current ban on the launch of commercial U.S. satellites aboard Indian rockets, many small satellite developers will order satellites manufactured outside of the United States to evade the ban, and take advantage of lower Indian launch costs.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited a team of university students who helped build Sathyabamasat, a research satellite recently launched into orbit by India's ISRO.
NASA has released the first batch of images collected by the Juno spacecraft, after it entered orbit around Jupiter. Much clearer images are expected in coming months as the spacecraft makes its return circuit in its elongated, elliptical orbit.
NASA has formally approved its Mars 2020 Rover mission, unveiling the initial design for a new rover that will resemble a slightly more rugged version of the Curiosity rover that is currently exploring Mount Sharp on the red planet.
With three more months left in its mission, the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft captured an image of its own shadow on the surface of Comet 67P.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft, currently in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, have identified a set of craters that - due to the inclination of the asteroid as it orbits the sun, never see sunlight in their depths. Such craters have been sought out as possible reservoirs of frozen water.
The New Horizons spacecraft has been officially entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for carrying a U.S. postage stamp the furthest distance yet recorded from the Earth. When it was launched in 2006, the spacecraft carried a 29-cent "Pluto: Not Yet Explored" stamp on board. A year ago, after the spacecraft sped by Pluto, it earned its world record holding distinction - which was officially recognized this past week.
The Kepler K2 mission has identified an additional 104 exoplanets, include two terrestrial planets within the habitable zone around their parent star. | aerospace |
https://www.iflyaji.com/news/press-releases/million-air-new-operational-capability-announcement/ | 2023-09-22T01:32:34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506320.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20230922002008-20230922032008-00325.warc.gz | 0.953776 | 560 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__327039092 | en | HOUSTON, TEXAS – American Jet International (AJI) dba Million Air Charter, a member of the Million Air FBO Company based in Houston, TX, is pleased to announce that AJI has obtained full FAA authorization to travel directly to Cuba. These changes to its operating specifications, allows the company to continue to be an aviation leader in the industry in Houston.
Before the rules were relaxed last year, it took months to get an exemption from the OFAC to fly privately from the U.S. to Cuba. This past February, the United States and Cuba agreed to restore scheduled air services, opening travel opportunities within the two countries. AJI can now provide charter transportation to Cuba at any time without applying for specific licenses, as long as the passengers are authorized travelers.
“It has been a very long time since U.S. business jets could land in Cuba,” said Roger Woolsey, Million Air Chief Executive Officer. “As the U.S. government continues to ease restrictions there, we are proud we can play a part in encouraging commerce between the two nations via private business travel. I personally flew our first trip to Cuba, and I was mesmerized by the incredible culture, architecture, and of course the cars. But the warmth and love from the Cuban people is beyond description. This is a trip that you cannot miss!”
By gaining authorization from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) under Section 515.572 of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR), AJI joins a growing list of operators nationwide that can now transit through one of 19 published returning destination airports – including Dallas and Houston – for direct US flights to and from Cuba.
About American Jet International Corp. American Jet International Corp dba Million Air Charter is an integral part of the Million Air FBO system, one of the leading private aircraft services companies in the country and delivers flawless Aircraft Management Services including; aircraft maintenance, aircraft acquisition, aircraft sales, and private aircraft charter solutions to jet owners. AJI is a truly unique full service Luxury Aviation Company known for its outstanding service standards and commitment to safety. We invite you to experience the difference. Visit us at www.iflyaji.com
About Million Air Headquartered in Houston, Million Air is an award winning network of luxury executive FBO terminals spanning four continents. Million Air has been named Best Large FBO Chain for the past five years delivering genuine care and exceptional service to aircraft owners, pilots and their distinguished guests. Million Air also provides aircraft charter, management and sales as well as FBO services. To read more about Million Air and American Jet International, visit www.millionair.com. | aerospace |
https://dl2pg.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/straight-off-the-top/ | 2017-04-24T11:11:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917119356.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031159-00195-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.938289 | 113 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__311868445 | en | Mussel Rock, Pacifica, 11 mph SSW 6:15pm
Set up with my wing on the top of Walker ramp and kited through the rotor to launch off the top, directly in the wind. Dropped it on my first attempt, unloading the wing because I slowed down while looking up at it. *sigh*, I thought I had broken that habit. Not enough wind to stay up, so I came down for a straight-in two step landing on the Plateau.
- Unloaded wing while looking up forward kiting. | aerospace |
https://vicepresidentofindia.nic.in/pressrelease/vice-president-condoles-passing-away-marshal-indian-air-force-arjan-singh-0 | 2020-06-01T13:13:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347417746.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20200601113849-20200601143849-00505.warc.gz | 0.96668 | 199 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__187488110 | en | Vice President condoles the passing away of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh
I am deeply grieved to hear about the sad demise of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, India's oldest, five-star ranked air force officer.
The Marshal of the Air Force was famous for his role in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. An icon of the Indian military history, the then Chief of Air Staff Arjan Singh had led a young Air Force into the war in 1965 when he was hardly 44 years of age.
In 2016, the Indian Air Force named its Panagarh (West Bengal) air base after Arjan Singh on the occasion of his 97th birth anniversary. The Panagarh base would be called Air Force Station Arjan Singh. He was the only living officer to have a base named after him.
I convey my deepest condolences to the bereaved members of the family and join the nation in praying for eternal peace for the departed soul. | aerospace |
https://curca.buffalo.edu/students/research-opps.php?rid=1482&title=Investigation+of+Water+Impact+and+Aircraft+Ditching | 2019-04-19T11:11:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578527566.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20190419101239-20190419123239-00395.warc.gz | 0.844287 | 198 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__156444535 | en | Water impact is a complex fluid-solid interaction in high demand for in-depth understanding of many important engineering applications, such as reentry vehicle splashdowns, aircraft ditching, and hull/fuselage slamming. Experimental data and slow-motion recordings of simple wedge and cylindrical geometries will be captured and used to break down the complexity of the water reaction. Additive manufacturing and machining allow for new, more complex, custom designed physical set ups, while state-of-the-art predictive codes will be used to model, analyze and compare equivalent systems with experimental data numerically.
Student Skill-Set Needed: DAQ usage experience, basic structural mechanics knowledge, FEA experience, and/or technical writing skills
Compensation: Academic Credit, Volunteer
Available: Fall, Spring
For further information on this opportunity, or to apply, contact:
Faculty Member: Javid Bayandor
Title: Associate Professor
Department: Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering | aerospace |
http://www.simulation.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=3463 | 2024-04-22T18:30:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818337.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422175900-20240422205900-00346.warc.gz | 0.946237 | 195 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__120517247 | en | Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation has become a partner in ISR's Strategic Partners Program. Sikorsky is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of military and commercial helicopters; fixed-wing aircraft; spare parts and maintenance, repair and overhaul services for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft; and civil helicopter operations. Collaborations are with Professor André Tits (ECE/ISR) to research advanced algorithms for rotorcraft control. ISR Director Eyad Abed (ECE/ISR) says ISR is "very pleased to have Sikorsky partner with us in an area of shared strategic priority, and look forward to productive collaborations." Alumnus Vineet Sahasrabudhe (Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. 1996), who was co-advised by Dr. Tits and Professor Roberto Celi (AE), is Sikorsky's technical lead for this joint work.
October 24, 2008 | aerospace |
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Mig_25 | 2019-10-22T00:50:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987795403.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20191022004128-20191022031628-00453.warc.gz | 0.948054 | 2,116 | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-43__0__113850146 | en | MiG 25 "Foxbat"
The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name 'Foxbat') is a high-speed interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft produced by the Soviet Union's Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau. It remains in limited service in Russia and several other nations.
The development of the MiG-25 began in the 1950s, paralleling U.S. efforts to develop Mach 3 bomber and interceptor aircraft, including the (ultimately abortive) XF-103, XB-70 Valkyrie, and XF-108. As it was in the U.S., with the first Mach 2 aircraft beginning to enter service, Mach 3 seemed the next logical step. A variety of roles were considered, including cruise missile carriers, and even a small five- to seven-passenger supersonic transport, but the main impetus was a new high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and heavy interceptor. If any of the Mach 3 bombers entered American service, they were likely to prove nearly invulnerable to Soviet air defenses.
Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB accepted the assignment effective 10 March 1961. Although the XB-70 Valkyrie was cancelled before the new aircraft, which carried the bureau designation Ye-155, reached the prototype stage, it seemed that the Ye-155 would still be a useful addition to the PVO interceptor force against targets like the SR-71 Blackbird. (Although the SR-71 was a strategic reconnaissance aircraft, a YF-12 fighter program was briefly considered, and Lockheed proposed a bomber variant that was ultimately rejected by the USAF.)
The first prototype, which was actually of the reconnaissance variant and designated Ye-155-R1 by the bureau, made its first flight on 6 March 1964. The prototype interceptor, Ye-155-P1, took to the air on 9 September 1964. Development, which represented a major step forward in Soviet aerodynamics engineering and metallurgy, took several more years to complete, but several of the prototypes, under the cover designation Ye-266, made a series of record-setting flights in 1965, 1966, and 1967.
Series production of the two initial variants, designated MiG-25P ('Flogger-A') (interceptor) and MiG-25R ('Flogger-B') (recce), began in 1969. The MiG-25R entered VVS service almost immediately, but the service entry of the MiG-25P with the PVO was delayed until 1972. A non-combat trainer was also developed for each version, the MiG-25PU ('Foxbat-C') and MiG-25RU, respectively. The MiG-25R evolved several subsequent derivatives, including the MiG-25RB reconnaissance-bomber, the MiG-25RBS and MiG-25RBSh with side-looking airborne radar, the MiG-25RBK and MiG-25RBF ELINT aircraft ('Foxbat-D'), and the MiG-25BM ('Foxbat-F') SEAD variant, carrying four Kh-58 (AS-11 'Kilter') anti-radiation missiles.
The MiG-25 was capable of exceptional performance, including a maximum speed of Mach 3.2 and a ceiling of 90,000 ft (27,000 m). However, its maneuverability, range, and close combat potential were extremely limited. Even its tremendous speed was problematic: although the available thrust was sufficient to reach Mach 3.2, a limit of Mach 2.8 had to be imposed to prevent total destruction of the engines. Even with that, it took a large degree of piloting skill to even throttle the engines to Mach 2.8 without overspinning the turbines.
Despite these limitations, inaccurate intelligence analysis and several false assumptions caused a panic in the West, where it was initially believed that the MiG-25 was actually an agile air-combat fighter rather than a stand-off interceptor. In response, the United States launched an ambitious new Tactical Fighter, Experimental (TFX) program, which resulted in the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle and the F-16. Thus, despite its considerable limitations, the 'Foxbat' secured its place in aviation history by spurring on these advances.
A true understanding of the attributes and failings of the MiG-25 came in 1976. On 6 September 1976 in aviation a PVO pilot, Lt. Viktor Belenko, defected to the West, landing his MiG-25P 'Foxbat-A' at Hakodate airport in Japan.
As a result of Belenko's defection and the compromise of the MiG-25P's radar and missile systems, beginning in 1978 the Soviets developed an advanced version, the MiG-25PD ('Foxbat-E'), with a new RP-25 'Sapfir' look-down/shoot-down radar, infrared search and track (IRST) system, and more powerful engines. About 370 earlier MiG-25Ps were converted to this standard and redesignated MiG-25PDS.
About 1,190 MiG-25s were produced before production ended in 1984, and the type was exported to Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, India, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. Modest numbers remain in service.
Although Viktor Belenko's aircraft was eventually returned to the USSR, it was first carefully dismantled and analysed by the Foreign Technology Division of the USAF, at Dayton, Ohio. After 67 days the aircraft was returned to the Russians in pieces. The analysis of Belenko's aircraft, which was brand new, showed some surprising facts:
- The MiG-25 was built primarily of nickel-steel, and not titanium as supposed. Some titanium was used in heat-critical areas. The steel construction contributed to its massive 64,000 lb (29 t) unarmed weight.
- Welding was done by hand and construction was relatively crude. Like most Soviet aircraft, in areas that would not adversely affect aerodynamic drag, rivet heads were left exposed.
- The majority of the on-board avionics was based on vacuum tube technology, not solid-state electronics. The MiG-25P's original Smerch-A (Tornado, NATO reporting name 'Foxfire') radar had enormous power of about 500 kilowatts, allowing it to burn through hostile ECM, but requiring vast amounts of pure alcohol for cooling. Pilots were forbidden to engage the radar on the ground, and legend held that it was powerful enough to kill rabbits near runways.
- The airspeed indicator was redlined at Mach 2.8, and pilots were required not to exceed Mach 2.5. The Americans had witnessed a MiG-25 flying at Mach 3.2 over Israel in 1973, a flight that had resulted in the total destruction of its engines. The Americans were unaware of the inevitability of the destruction, which helped to fuel the myths about the aircraft's capabilities.
- Combat radius was 186 miles (300 km), and maximum range on internal fuel (at subsonic speeds) was only 744 miles (1,200 km). In fact, Belenko had only just made it to Japan without running out of fuel - without sufficient fuel for a carefully planned landing, he narrowly missed a commercial airliner taking off, and overran the available runway on landing.
- Maximum acceleration (G-load) rating was just 2.2 G (22 m/s²) with full fuel tanks, with an absolute limit of 4.5 G (44.1 m/s²). This was significantly poorer performance than the previous generation F-4 Phantom. One MiG-25 withstood inadvertent 11.5 G (113 m/s²) pull during low-altitude dogfight training, but the airframe had to be written off due to deformation.
Specifications (MiG-25PD 'Foxbat-E')
- Length: 23.82 m (78 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 14.02 m (45 ft 11.5 in)
- Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0.25 in)
- Wing area: 61.4 m² (661 ft²)
- Empty weight: 20,000 kg (44,080 lb)
- Normal take-off weight: 36,720 kg (80,950 lb)
- Powerplant: two Tumansky R-15BD-300 turbojets, each rated 110 kN (24,700 lb) afterburning thrust
- Maximum speed: 3,000 km/h (1,865 mph, Mach 2.83) (engine redline-limited)
- Combat radius: 860 km (537 mi)
- Ferry range: 2,575 km (1,609 mi)
- Rate of climb: 12,480 m/min (40,950 ft/min)
- Service ceiling: 20,700 m (67,915 ft)
- Wing loading: 598 kg/m² (122.5 lb/m²)
- Thrust-to-weight ratio: 0.61:1
- Armament: four wing pylons for four R-40 (AA-6 'Acrid') air-to-air missiles; alternately, two R-23 (AA-7 'Apex') and four R-60 (AA-8 'Aphid') or R-73 (AA-11 'Archer')
An Iraqi MiG-25 "Foxbat" found buried under sand west of Baghdad
- Federation of American Scientists page (http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/airdef/mig-25.htm)
- GlobalSecurity.org page (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/mig-25.htm)
- Detailed history of the MiG-25 (http://www.vectorsite.net/avmig251.html)
- MiG 25 vs. SR-71 Blackbird discussion (http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/mig25.html) | aerospace |
https://spacewatchtower.blogspot.com/2015/09/deadline-to-add-name-to-nasa-mars.html | 2022-09-26T10:37:26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334855.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926082131-20220926112131-00452.warc.gz | 0.820972 | 1,057 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__82309845 | en | InSight Mars Lander, scheduled to be launched by NASA in
March of 2016. (Image Source: NASA)
By Glenn A. Walsh
Reporting for SpaceWatchtower
InSight Mars is a robotic, stationary lander, which NASA plans to launch to Mars in March. The deadline for Mars and space enthusiasts to add their name to a computer chip which will be on the lander is Tuesday night (2015 September 8) at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDT) / Wednesday at 3:59 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
An Internet link, for members of the general public to add their name to this spacecraft lander, is at the end of this blog post.
InSight, which is an acronym for Interior Exploration for Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and Heat Transport, will launch on an Atlas V 401 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on March 4. It is scheduled to land in Mars' Elysium Planitia (Plain of Ideal Happiness) on 2016 September 20. Once on Mars, the mission is designed to last two years.
The mission of InSight Mars is to study the early geological evolution of Mars, and by extension, have information that could help understand the early geological evolution of all of the terrestrial planets, and some of the moons, of our Solar System, as the inner, rocky planets have a shared ancestry. The InSight Mars lander includes a seismometer and a heat transfer probe. Some of this technology has already been used on NASA's Phoenix lander, which landed on Mars in 2008.
The spacecraft will include two cameras and a sensor which will track the planet's wobble, as it is pulled by the Sun. It will also include wind and temperature sensors, as well as a magnetometer to measure magnetic disturbances caused by the Martian ionosphere.
The InSight Mars scientific team is led by W. Bruce Banerdt of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. U.S. and international co-investigators on this mission include French and German space agencies (which are contributing instruments to the spacecraft), as well as others from universities, industry, and government.
The InSight Mars lander will be accompanied to Martian orbit by two “cubesats.” These two miniature satellites will help provide communications relay between the lander and Earth, during the landing phase. Other satellites in orbit of Mars will not be in the right position to provide such a communications link.
Internet Link to Add Name to Computer Chip on InSight Mars Spacecraft:
Link >>> http://mars.nasa.gov/participate/send-your-name/insight/
More on the InSight Mars Spacecraft and Mission:
Link 1 >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight
Link 2 >>> http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/insight.htm
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https://theincomeinvestors.com/drone-technology-etf/ | 2023-12-04T07:02:12 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100525.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20231204052342-20231204082342-00597.warc.gz | 0.921688 | 1,137 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__24354886 | en | Investing in the stock market has always been an exciting venture, with new opportunities emerging every day. One such opportunity that has caught the attention of investors is the world of drone technology. Drones have become increasingly popular in various industries, from agriculture to delivery and surveillance.
As this industry continues to grow rapidly, investors are flocking towards Drone Technology Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) for their investment needs.
What is a Drone Technology ETF and how does it work?
A Drone Technology ETF is an investment fund that focuses on companies involved in drone technology. It allows investors to diversify their portfolio by owning shares in the ETF, which tracks an index or a basket of drone-related companies.
This provides broad exposure to the entire drone industry, including manufacturers, software developers, and service providers. Investing in a Drone Technology ETF offers convenience, liquidity, and the potential for growth in this rapidly evolving sector.
Why Investors Are Flocking Towards the Emerging Drone Industry
The rise of drones has unlocked immense potential in various sectors. In agriculture, drones monitor crops, optimize irrigation, and identify areas needing attention. Delivery services utilize drones for faster package transportation. Drones also provide aerial surveillance for enhanced security measures.
The global commercial drone market is projected to reach $XX billion by 20XX, attracting both institutional and retail investors who see tremendous opportunities in this emerging field. The transformative power of drones across industries makes them an attractive investment option for those seeking high returns and innovative solutions.
Unleashing the Power of Drones in Various Sectors
Drones are revolutionizing multiple industries, unleashing their power to bring about significant changes. In agriculture, drones with advanced imaging technology provide valuable data on crop health and soil moisture levels, helping farmers make informed decisions to optimize their operations.
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Drones equipped with high-resolution cameras and thermal sensors offer a cost-effective solution for surveillance and security, monitoring large areas and enhancing emergency response capabilities. The versatility of drones extends to search-and-rescue missions during disasters and precise aerial inspections of infrastructure.
As drone technology advances further, new possibilities emerge across sectors, promising even greater advancements and transformation in the future.
Examining the Growth Potential and Market Size of the Drone Industry
The drone industry is booming, driven by increasing demand across sectors and supported by advancements in technology and favorable regulations. The global commercial drone market is projected to reach $XX billion by 20XX. This growth presents a promising opportunity for investors, who can participate through Drone Technology ETFs.
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Investing in ETFs offers significant advantages over individual stocks. One key benefit is diversification, which reduces risk by spreading investments across multiple companies within a specific industry. Drone Technology ETFs, for example, provide a diversified portfolio of companies involved in the drone industry.
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When selecting a Drone Technology ETF, it’s important to consider factors such as underlying holdings, tracking error, expense ratios, and liquidity. Research the companies included in the fund to ensure they align with your investment strategy. Look for funds with lower tracking errors for more accurate performance representation.
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Drone Technology ETFs have outperformed the broader market indices, such as the S&P 500, in recent years. However, past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should consider historical returns along with other factors that may impact future performance.
The increasing adoption of drones across industries and favorable regulatory developments have contributed to the strong performance of Drone Technology ETFs. When selecting an ETF, investors should assess factors like expense ratios, liquidity, and underlying holdings.
Careful analysis is crucial before making investment decisions in this evolving sector. | aerospace |
http://www.lisi-aerospace.com/products/structural-components/helicopter/Pages/Helicopter.aspx | 2019-02-19T19:16:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247491141.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20190219183054-20190219205054-00409.warc.gz | 0.906195 | 199 | CC-MAIN-2019-09 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-09__0__28521842 | en | LISI AEROSPACE Structural Components is actively involved in the helicopter market, supplying various components such as :
- Critical forgings for gears,
- Metal leading edges for blades,
- Fixed and mobile blades for the rear rotor
- Various sheet metal worked components for the structure as well as sub-assemblies
- Power transmission tubes
- Main rotor blade sleeves or and swashplates
- Cargo hooks
This range of products comes along with those supplied by LISI AEROSPACE Fasteners (standard parts and drawn parts for safety and critical applications).
When it comes to innovation, LISI AEROSPACE Structural Components offers a Metal Matrix Composites (MMC) consisting of a base of aluminum alloy, the matrix, the ductility of which is altered by the addition of ceramic particles. These MMCs have been developed within the framework of European research programs, in partnership with major industrial concerns in the aerospace and defense sectors. | aerospace |
http://flysmo.com/contact-us.html | 2022-11-28T17:23:27 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710534.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20221128171516-20221128201516-00869.warc.gz | 0.93392 | 95 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__172667771 | en | We are a small group comprised 100% of volunteers who provide the time and resources to make this scholarship possible. The resources are administrative time, flight instruction, ground school, equipment, aircraft, facilities, and FUNDS. Each scholarship "Award" has the name of its principal contributor. For example "Joe Justice Award" has been made possible through flight instruction contribution by Joe Justice.
Contributing organizations: Museum of Flying, Kelar Aviation LLC., Santa Monica Airport Association | aerospace |
https://memorial.eodwarriorfoundation.org/project/tsgt-kristoffer-m-solesbee/ | 2024-03-03T09:09:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476211.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303075134-20240303105134-00754.warc.gz | 0.94409 | 352 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__69404452 | en | Technical Sergeant Kristoffer M. Solesbee was born on October 2, 1978 in Brindisi, Italy. He graduated from Freedom Christian School in Citrus Heights, California in 1996. He enlisted in the Air Force as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Apprentice and successfully completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas in 1999. From there, he attended and graduated from Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in July 2000. His first duty station was to the EOD Flight at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, Montana. From there he went to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, then to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. After Turkey he transferred to Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Technical Sergeant Solesbee deployed three times, twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and once in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While operating in the Kandahar Province, he led his Air Force team in clearing lines of communication, enabling freedom of maneuver, and ensuring the safety of coalition and local nationals by engaging and defeating the enemy’s weapon of choice: the Improvised Explosive Device.
Technical Sergeant Solesbee’s awards include the Bronze Star with “V” Device and two Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart Medal, Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Achievement Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Combat Action Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, and the NATO Medal.
Technical Sergeant Solesbee is survived by his wife Lilia, father Larry Solesbee, mother Sandra Parker, Stepfather Louis Parker, and sister Trina. | aerospace |
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-and-u-s-successfully-test-anti-missile-system-1.344989 | 2017-10-16T21:59:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187820466.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20171016214209-20171016234209-00633.warc.gz | 0.946176 | 201 | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-43__0__114021369 | en | Israel and the United States successfully carried out a test of Israel's Arrow anti-missile system off the coast of California on Tuesday morning.
The Defense Ministry says the Arrow detected, intercepted and destroyed a target missile launched from an offshore platform late Monday inside a U.S. Navy firing range.
The test was held in order to see if the missile would be successful against Iran's advanced missile, the Shahab 3, which could be used to hit Israel and regional U.S. bases.
Jointly developed by Israel and the U.S., the Arrow detects an incoming missile and destroys it with a second missile. It is primarily aimed at defending Israel from the threat of an Iranian missile strike.
Tuesday's statement said the test provides confidence in operational Israeli capabilities to defeat the developing ballistic missile threat.
It was the latest in a series of successful tests of the system.
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https://www.invent-gmbh.de/company/lea/ | 2023-05-28T12:16:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224643784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20230528114832-20230528144832-00657.warc.gz | 0.925786 | 264 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__295582574 | en | Dear Friends and Fans of Europe in Space,
in the name of all members of our pan-European WeLEA-consortium we proudly present the link to the new movie on the Deployable Large European Antenna (LEA).
In the last movie in September 2019, we focussed on the applications, the engineering and the breadboard campaign. Now, our LEA-X5-PFM (5 m deployable reflector, 5 m deployable arm (made by INVENT), HDRM, harness, electronics, etc.), co-funded by the European Commission under the H2020 program, is under assembly. We have started to prepare for the qualification campaign reaching TRL8 for C/X-band applications by the end of 2020.
In 2027 we are going to provide a rotating 8 m deployable reflector, operating from L- up to Ka-band, to the Copernicus Candidate Mission CIMR. On this road, the WeLEA team is currently manufacturing under contract to ESA the LEA-K8r Engineering Model (reflector “LEOB” plus arm “LADEA”), reaching by end of 2020 TRL5 and TRL 6 by April 2021.
Watch out for the next movie in October 2020. | aerospace |
http://libx.bsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/HnsLnrdArch | 2017-03-29T11:20:47 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190295.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00380-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.872266 | 117 | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-13__0__28938389 | en | The Leonard Archibald Haines Collection digital collection includes combat records, personal correspondence, flight logs, Royal Air Force decorations, and photographs documenting Haines’ experiences as a pilot in the no. 19 Squadron of the Royal Air Force ranging from 1920 to 1944. Haines and the squadron participated in the Battle of Britain in 1940. The flight log book and combat reports provide accounts of flight training and combat experience during the Battle of Britain and other campaigns in World War II.
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The story of Bell & Ross began at the end of the 20th century. With a dual Franco-Swiss culture, the watchmaking brand has become a benchmark in the world of professional aviation watches. It defied all codes by designing an icon, the BR 01, inspired by the clocks in the cockpit of an airplane: a circle within a square. Bell & Ross draws its inspiration from the history of aviation and the military specifications that accompany it, each time carrying out a technical or visual feat to produce an instrument of the highest quality. | aerospace |
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https://www.aersale.com/media-center/an-integrated-approach-to-managing-healthy-fleet-growth | 2024-04-19T05:09:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817289.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419043820-20240419073820-00539.warc.gz | 0.943695 | 1,451 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__114755063 | en | In 2018, global passenger demand in the airline industry rose 6.5%, with load factors hitting a record 81.9%, according to IATA. In its latest commercial market outlook, Boeing predicts 3.5% fleet and 4.7% traffic growth between now and 2037. It also forecasts that 42,730 aircraft—valued at a combined $6.3 trillion—will be delivered during the same time period.
Rising passenger demand translates into more airline flights. As those flights increase, so does the need for more aircraft and, in turn, a healthy growth strategy that takes an integrated approach to traditional aircraft MRO.
Aircraft Fleet Ages
The general life cycle for commercial aircraft in the U.S. is between 20 and 30 years. Far from set in stone, that number is affected by a variety of dynamics such as economic conditions, the cost of fuel, changing fleet strategies, and new aircraft coming onto the market.
The AirFleets.net website calculates aircraft age by model within a specific airline's fleet. The average age of the fleet at the top five U.S. airlines is 12.4 years old, broken down as follows:
- American Airlines: 10.7 years
- Delta Air Lines: 15.6 years
- JetBlue: 10.1 years
- Southwest Airlines: 11 years
- United Airlines: 15 years
Buoyed by the need for ongoing aircraft support, aircraft MRO is expected to become more crucial than ever for commercial airlines. To meet the market’s evolving demands, MRO spending is predicted to swell to $116 billion by 2029, up from $81.9 billion in 2019, according to aviation consultancy Oliver Wyman’s Global Fleet & MRO Market Forecast Commentary 2019-2029.
On top of fleet growth, aircraft MRO spending will be driven by more expensive maintenance visits and technology enhancements. However, there will be a short-term slowing of growth between 2019 and 2024 as newer-generation aircraft enter airline fleets. Not unexpectedly, these aircraft will have longer intervals between shop visits. But new technology and life-limited parts on newer aircraft will be more expensive to service and replace once needed, which will push MRO spending higher and correct the short-term slowed growth.
Until newer aircraft were delivered, airlines kept older planes in service longer than anticipated, slowing their retirements. Some carriers even took aircraft out of storage to accommodate passenger demand. As a result, aircraft MRO demand rose to handle the higher servicing needs of older aircraft in key areas such as engines, component services, aircraft MRO services, and MRO aviation facilities.
Components of a Successful Fleet Growth Strategy
To maximize their fleet’s performance and ROI, airlines are embracing a new, integrated approach to growth: one in which MROs oversee the maintenance of every aircraft in their fleet, from nose cone to tail. Airlines don’t make money when aircraft are grounded, so maintaining a healthy fleet is key to maintaining black ink in the bottom line.
Through a single full-service aviation partner, commercial airlines can streamline costs, enhance efficiency, and maximize the value of their assets from fleet introduction and service life through retirement. From engines to component MRO and even MRO facilities, the needs of your fleet are complex and require an integrated solutions provider who can connect all the dots.
Aircraft Engine Inspections
Jet engines on commercial aircraft are extremely reliable, thanks to strict standards that oversee materials, manufacturing, operations, and quality control. They have the ability to operate for thousands of hours under demanding conditions before needing engine inspection, service, or repair. However, there are times when aircraft must be grounded so that engines can be checked for required maintenance or unexpected failures. Engines are the most costly segment for airline maintenance, according to IATA’s 2018 Maintenance Cost Task Force report.
Improper planning for engine repairs can lead to extended maintenance times, reduced availability, and flight delays, which hurt travelers and airlines. Airlines can work with MROs to mitigate these factors by regularly monitoring their engine management and maintenance practices, and maintaining a schedule for expected repairs.
Component MRO Services
The goal with any service during an aircraft’s service life is to get flying again as quickly as possible. The component MRO services aspect of an integrated fleet growth strategy involves sourcing and fitting mechanical, hydraulic, structural, and electrical components with quick turnarounds. High-quality component MRO companies like AerSale® also offer 24-hour-a-day services in case of emergencies and have solid relationships with OEMs.
Aircraft MRO Services
Aircraft MRO encompasses a range of commercial aviation services as dynamic as the industry itself. Base MROs handle complex tasks such as C checks and D checks, which take from a few weeks to months, costing millions of dollars. Line MROs handle the necessary and minor maintenance tasks required between flights such as replacing wheels and brakes. As with component MRO, it’s crucial to secure a partner with 24/7/365 availability who is mobile enough to get crucial jobs done on a moment’s notice.
MRO Aviation Facilities
OEMs and independent operators continue to invest millions of dollars in these facilities as passenger demand continues to rise. Airlines rely on them to handle the massive job of maintaining the reliability of the global aircraft fleet. Hallmarks of a high-quality MRO aviation facility are proximity to airline customers, superior customer support, easy access to spares and parts, and the use of robotics and automation for more efficient repairs and maintenance.
Aviation facilities come equipped with the tools to repair parts and components across many types, including actuation systems, aero nozzles, cargo systems, electrical systems, engine and control systems, evacuation systems, lighting systems, and sensors and integrated systems.
AerSale is equipped to help customers throughout an aircraft’s life cycle with relevant products, expert services, and integrated solutions, including a broad range of MRO and engineering expertise for commercial aircraft and components. To maximize our customers’ success, we also offer aircraft asset management services to owners of end-of-life aircraft and engine portfolios. Through this integrated solutions approach, customers can streamline their supply chain, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and minimize downtime.
A global aviation leader celebrating its 10-year anniversary, AerSale specializes in the sale, lease, and exchange of used aircraft, engines, and components, in addition to providing a broad range of maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services and engineering services for commercial aircraft and components. AerSale also offers asset management services to owners of end-of-life aircraft and engine portfolios. Headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, AerSale maintains offices and operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia. For more information on how AerSale can exceed your MRO requirements and keep your aviation assets functional and profitable from first flight to final flight, visit www.aersale.com or contact us. | aerospace |
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-air-ambulance-launches-new-2015696 | 2018-01-20T23:14:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084889736.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20180120221621-20180121001621-00406.warc.gz | 0.960936 | 622 | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-05__0__85073467 | en | A new purpose-built air ambulance has been launched by the Wales Air Ambulance Service.
The Eurocopter-135 aircraft, billed by the charity as a “new chapter” in its history, will begin operating on Friday from its base at Welshpool Airport.
The next generation model replaces the charity’s previous helicopter, a 20-year-old Bolkow-105 that had been converted to an air ambulance.
The new air ambulance was designed with input from paramedics and includes a custom-made incubator for paediatric transfers and radar technology that allows crews to fly in adverse weather conditions and at night.
Extra space inside the helicopter will help paramedics treat patients in-flight and an extra seat can accommodate a doctor if required, or the parent of an injured child.
The new model is also more fuel efficient so the crew can attend multiple missions before having to refuel.
Wales Air Ambulance said faster response times and an ability to reach difficult locations will improve patients’ chances of getting to hospital within the so-called “golden hour” – the first sixty minutes after trauma.
Health experts believe a patient’s survival and early recovery are greatly improved if they receive the most appropriate care within the first hour.
The upgrade comes after months of fundraising as part of the Leap into Action campaign to generate an extra £600,000 before the previous helicopter was decommissioned by the Civil Aviation Authority.
Wales Air Ambulance chief executive, Angela Hughes, said: “The response we have had from this appeal has been phenomenal. People from every corner of Wales have helped us with our final upgrade to a new generation helicopter, meaning all three aircraft have the very latest technology for air ambulance operations here in Wales.
“This really is a new chapter for Wales Air Ambulance, and for pre-hospital care in Wales. These helicopters are faster, more efficient and have more room inside for treatment in-flight.
“Now that we have this technology across the country, it means everyone in Wales – from busy towns to the remotest of countryside – can benefit from this cutting-edge emergency air cover.”
The new aircraft is the third and final of the charity’s helicopters to be upgraded following its two campaigns to replace aircraft at its Swansea and Caernarfon bases. The cost of sustaining the three models stands at around £6m each year, while each mission in the new air ambulance costs on average £1,500
Charity chairman Bob Palmer added: “The charity has come a long way since it started in 2001, growing from one helicopter in Swansea to a national operation that can reach anywhere in Wales within just 20 minutes.
“Having strived to get this new lease, our next challenge is to ensure that our new generation fleet continues to fly for many years to come. We are here for anyone in their most difficult hour of need, and we hope people will continue to support this lifesaving cause for Wales.” | aerospace |
http://ghostmodeler.blogspot.com/2010/01/old-shakey-iii.html | 2019-03-25T05:19:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203755.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20190325051359-20190325073359-00454.warc.gz | 0.940297 | 312 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__171515910 | en | The C-17 Globemaster III is a surprisingly agile beast for something so big. When it does a tight circling take-off or landing, tactics utilized in areas with MANPADS (MAN-Portable Air-Defense Systems) threats, you wonder at how it manages to stay in the air. But it does so quite well, which makes for an impressive aerial and ground display. It's short-field landing capability and the fact it can back up using engine thrust-reversal are both show-stopping performances.
The name itself is from a long line of Douglas / McDonnell Douglas / Boeing military transports. From the C-74 Globemaster to the C-124 Globemaster II to the C-17 Globemaster III, the three types from the various iterations of the company have provided the U.S. Air Force with a large percentage of its heavy lift transports for over 60 years.
But along with the name comes the nickname: Old Shakey - so applied because the C-74 and especially the C-124 rattled and shook with great abandon while in flight. But they held together and flew for many years in front line service. Reportedly the C-17 exhibited some of the same characteristics early in it's test flight and operational career, although some tweaks have apparently lessened the shake. But the nickname remains.
And you thought genetics only applied to living organisms....
This shot was taken at last October's Edwards AFB open house.
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In June 2003 as part of the European Space Agency’s Mars Express Mission, the Mars Express orbiter, carrying the British-built lander, Beagle 2, left Earth on a Russian Soyuz–Fregat launcher. If all goes well, Beagle 2 will become the first British-built space probe to touch down on another world. [Update: the lander did successfully touch down, but then failed to deploy (BBC News 2015-01-16).]
Beagle 2, as shown in Figure 1 below, is a small space probe — having a diameter of about that of a bicycle wheel, it is contained within a protective package to protect it during its long journey from Earth to the surface of Mars.
As Beagle 2 enters the Martian atmosphere a heat shield slows the descent from more than 5.5 km/s, or 12,000 mph, and prevents the overheating and burning up of the probe. A parachute aids this first task before falling away, taking a rear cover with it. The main parachute then opens and the heat shield is dropped. Nearer the surface a radar altimeter detects that the correct altitude has been reached for inflating three gas bags, these are inflated and cushion the spacecraft’s landing. Once contact has been made with the Martian surface the gas bags and parachute fall away and Beagle 2 drops a final metre to the ground.
Once on the surface a spring mechanism opens up the two halves of the lander, unfolding the solar panels, the various pieces of science equipment and its robot arm, as in Figure 2.
This science experiment shows the effect the gas bags will have on Beagle 2’s landing.
Additional equipment is required to construct the Beagle 2 lander model — full details can be found in the technicians’ notes
The Mars lander, Beagle 2, is modelled by a small cylinder of cement. On its underside is a force sensor which produces an output voltage related to the force exerted on it. The higher the force, the higher the output voltage. This sensor will be connected to a computer-based oscilloscope to show what happens to the model during its landing.
Once the model has been constructed, as shown in the technicians' notes, place the model’s suspension and connection system into a boss at the top of a tall retort stand and connect the the DrDAQ or ADC-40/42 and associated computer, as shown in Figure 3 below.
Set the Y-gain to x5
The X and Y-gains can be adjusted later if the trace does not display as you would like.
Q1. What effect does the ballon have on the shape of the trace of output voltage (force) against time?
Q2. For a very cushioned or ‘soft’ landing would you want the output voltage (force) to be high or low? Explain.
Q3. For a very cushioned or ‘soft’ landing would you want the impact time to be long or short? Explain.
Q4. What would you expect the trace to look like if you had the same balloon beneath the model but the height of fall was less? Explain.
Q5. What would you expect the trace to look like if you had the same balloon beneath the model, it was dropped from the original height, but its mass was less? Explain.
For further study repeat the experiment with the balloon attached for falls of different heights. The experiment can also be repeated using a Beagle 2 model of a different mass. | aerospace |
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https://develop3d.com/prototype/eye-in-the-sky/ | 2023-10-05T02:38:29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233511717.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231005012006-20231005042006-00407.warc.gz | 0.927802 | 1,034 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__115039325 | en | UAVs have a mixed reputation, from lifesaving eyes in the sky; robotic aids to industry, or remotely deployable killing machines, and they’re becoming more commonplace in everyday life.
However, as bills and laws are passed we’ll see UAVs fulfilling a variety of needs in the skies, meaning that the industry of designing and manufacturing them is taking off fast.
A recent report from the trade body Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International suggests that over 90 per cent of the economic impact of drones will come as agricultural machinery.
Currently used by farmers to spray crops and keep track of growth rates, drones will also benefit scientists and environmental researchers in conservation surveying and more.
The dependency on aerial devices is seen as a key tool in the survival of many species, including mankind.
Future manufacturing now
As companies strive to get ahead in this developing market, the fastest manufacturing processes to produce such differing craft are key, which is why many have turned to 3D printing.
French company Survey Copter, a subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS), has taken to using additive manufacturing for a wide number of purposes.
Ranging from a few millimetres up to parts measuring 40cm x 10cm, these components comprise of mechanical structures for optical turrets, structural elements, battery compartment housings, supporting structures, and scale models.
The range includes helicopter and fixed-wing variants weighing up to 30kg and 10kg respectively.
Survey Copter is spearheading its prototyping and short-run manufacturing activities, with a Stratasys Fortus 400mc and Dimension Elite 3D Printer. These systems offer nine production-grade engineering thermoplastics using Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM.
For Survey Copter, the ability to utilise different materials according to the needs of specific applications offers key advantages for producing durable 3D printed parts.
Such materials include FDM thermoplastics polycarbonate, ABS and high performance ULTEM 9085, which boasts strength and lightweight properties, as well as other desirable characteristics including flame, smoke and toxicity rating.
“The Stratasys 3D Printer can produce parts with complex shapes,” states Jean-Marc Masenelli, managing director of Survey Copter.
“This specific capability enables us to produce parts of wide-ranging dimensions and hollow forms, as well as full honeycomb structures.”
Materials taking off
Key to developments are the discoveries by old aerospace powerhouses of the abilities of recent 3D printing developments in materials.
“There’s been quite a bit of background work done in the last few years on additive manufacturing for aerospace – particularly Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM),” explains Stratasys vice president Jeff DeGrange, who also has a background in aerospace design.
“It’s the material properties that they like. If you wanted to have higher airspeeds, altitudes or payloads, you can wrap the FDM with a couple of plies of fibreglass, Kevlar or carbon fibre to make it really strong.”
The honeycomb structures, integral to wing design, can be varied uniquely through digital design.
“From a cross section, you can see the printed internal structure – spars, ailerons and the like. We actually came up with some build techniques so we could have the machine bridge the internal structure and print the outer skin on to it.
“Different wings need different control surfaces and cell configurations. If you want a lightweight wing you can choose the right design and get extended ranges on your battery-powered UAVs.
“If you wanted to carry a payload then you may need to have a stiffer wing, so you can have something that has more strength properties to it.”
The big draw of 3D printing for the UAV industry is part integration, tightening up development and manufacturing time.
“We’re always trying to put 10lbs of stuff in a 5lbs area!” laughs DeGrange. “Now you can start to optimise where you can put all your electronics and systems components inside.
“You can combine parts together so that you can reduce 100 part assemblies down to maybe five or six part assemblies, and combine them all in your CAD design and use the technology to build them.
“That’s where the real power of additive manufacturing is. Once you start partnering it with other predictive software packages, now you can come up with optimal part designs – and you can build it with no cost penalties.”
Next in the development process is the use of analysis tool-based design, coupled with 3D topology design tools. Stratasys is currently developing values for its build materials that can be fed into Ansys’ finite element analysis (FEA) tools to assist in the design of future drone and aircraft parts. | aerospace |
https://globalstocksnews.com/bransons-virgin-orbit-vorbnasdaq-files-for-bankruptcy/ | 2023-12-11T05:28:16 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679103558.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20231211045204-20231211075204-00345.warc.gz | 0.970195 | 827 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__229113630 | en | Shares of Virgin Orbit (VORB:NASDAQ) sank 23% Tuesday after the space satellite company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Virgin Orbit also said it would lay off nearly all of its workforce. Just a week before, the company said it was slashing its headcount by 85%. It is the latest company that took the SPAC route to the public markets to file for bankruptcy.
“Today my thoughts and concerns are with the many talented teammates and friends now finding their way forward who have been committed to the mission and promise of all that Virgin Orbit represents,” CEO Dan Hart said.
“I am confident of what we have built and hopeful to achieve a transaction that positions our Company and our technology for future opportunities and missions,” he added.
Virgin Orbit is among a select few U.S. rocket companies to successfully achieve orbit with a privately developed launch vehicle. Virgin Orbit developed a system that uses a modified 747 jet to send satellites into space by dropping a rocket from under the aircraft’s wing mid-flight.
The company’s has launched six missions since 2020, counting four successes and two failures. Its last mission suffered a mid-flight failure, with an issue during the launch preventing the rocket from reaching orbit. It crashed into the ocean. The high-profile launch which had rockets and satellites belonging to the to the U.K., the U.S., and other governments ended in the destruction of its satellite payload.
Virgin Orbit has been sourcing for new investors with majority owner Richard Branson unwilling to fund the company further. Branson founded the company in 2017 and owns a 75% interest. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala holds the second-largest stake at 18%.
For Mr. Branson, the failure marks a significant blow after his Virgin Group invested more than a billion dollars into a company that once appeared to have bright prospects in the rapidly growing market for commercial-satellite launches.
It is a markedly different picture at present for Virgin Orbit which was valued $4bn at the time. Tuesday’s closing price brought the space satellite’s company to $65m. The failed launch couldn’t have come at a more difficult time to raise capital. Higher interest rates have made the cost to borrow more expensive.
However, departing Chief Operating Officer Tony Gingiss had some choice words for the company’s leadership, as well as a lengthy and detailed apology to its employees.
“You deserved better than this!” Gingiss wrote in a companywide email on Monday, which was obtained by CNBC. “You have been part of something audacious, challenging, and fulfilling [but] … You simply did not have the leadership or opportunity to demonstrate to the world what you can fully do and how this product could be an enduring force in the market,” Gingiss said.
Gingiss’ email appears to call out Virgin Orbit CEO Dan Hart, although not by name, and offers an apology to employees that they “have not heard from the person who should be saying it.”
“I’m sorry that I was not able to convince our leader and board to take a different path to give us more time to figure things out,” Gingiss said in the email.
The company noted in a securities filing that Gingiss was laid off as one of the 675 positions eliminated.
Virgin Orbit began commercial services in 2021 and began publicly trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange after a so-called SPAC merger. The deal saw the company valued at nearly $4 billion at the time.
The company, whose satellites are fired from under the wing of a Boeing Co. 747 jumbo jet, pitched itself as a shake-up in the industry, able to launch at short notice and from any runway that can handle these planes.
The method ran counter to the likes of Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., referred to informally as SpaceX, which uses vertical launchers to send satellites into space. | aerospace |
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/satellite-update-190847 | 2022-10-07T16:15:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030338213.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007143842-20221007173842-00752.warc.gz | 0.92754 | 274 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__117942656 | en | Telesat Canada has filed a request to include its Anik F2 satellite at 111.14 degrees West Longitude (WL) on the FCC's Permitted Space Station list. It also requested permission to shift the orbital position of Anik E2R slightly (to 111.06 degrees WL +/- 0.03 degrees) and extend Anik E2's Permitted Space Station entry until December 15, 2004. Telesat will transfer traffic from Anik E2R to Anik F2 in October once Anik F2 is positioned at the new location after completing in-orbit testing at 118.7 degrees WL. For full details on the applications, refer to FCC Report SAT-00232.
The FCC denied the application of VisionStar, Inc. to extend or waive its construction completion and milestones for its Ka-band satellite system. The 113-degree WL orbit location and associated Ka-band frequencies that had been assigned to VisionStar are available for reassignment. Refer to the FCC Memorandum Opinion and Order (DA 04-2449) for details.
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https://www.allbusiness.com/10-companies-that-sent-america-to-the-moon-12402080-1.html | 2016-12-10T08:53:32 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-50/segments/1480698543030.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20161202170903-00056-ip-10-31-129-80.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.964395 | 652 | CC-MAIN-2016-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-50__0__120141823 | en | JULY 20 MARKS the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon. Naturally, the celebrations and coverage will focus on the heroic astronauts like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who manned that risky mission, not to mention the engineers that backed them.
But one often-overlooked facet of the Apollo program is the industrial and technical might required of private industry to get those astronauts into space, onto the moon’s surface, and then safely home. And it took plenty of know-how and money to get them there.
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NASA spent $19.5 billion on the Apollo project. (NASA’s budget for 2008 was small in comparison at $17 billion.) Among other things, the money went to private companies that made everything from the rockets that launched the astronauts into space, to the space suits they wore while floating in zero gravity.
SmartMoney took a look at those companies to find out where they are now, and one overwhelming trend emerged: consolidation. NASA made a particular effort to get smaller companies involved in the Apollo project, according to the agency’s contract archivist, Liz Suckow. But over the years many of those once-independent firms were swallowed up by bigger companies and eventually became part of conglomerates like Boeing (BA), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NOC).
I worked for 5 different companies without leaving my desk, says Stan Barauskas, who worked on the rockets that allowed for small adjustments that kept the Apollo spacecraft on its intended path. He started out with North American Aviation in 1963, which merged with Rockwell Standard Corp. in 1967 and eventually was acquired by Boeing in the mid-1990s.
Such consolidation, however, can stifle the type of innovation that made not only the moon landing, but also many everyday technologies, possible. With fewer companies, there have been fewer job opportunities for the engineers and scientists who’ve been trained to develop those new technologies.
As the civilian veterans of the Apollo program retire, Sterner says, few are available to replace them. We lose [engineers] at the same time that countries like China are building them up, he says. The guys [in China] are in their 30s, it looks like NASA did in the 60’s. They’re building a whole generation of engineers. You look at our guys, they’re in their 60s.
But that doesn’t mean innovation has come to a complete standstill. Private industry is again using its intellectual capital to look for ways to get man to the moon. There’s still a lot of innovation happening, it’s just not happening in the traditional aerospace companies, says Sterner. You’ve got this whole generation of small companies that are kind of coming out of left field, they’re start-ups, but they’re financed well enough to actually make things happen and be innovative.”
Companies like Space-X, Blue Origins, or Virgin Galactic, created by Richard Branson in 2004, are looking for ways to promote so-called space tourism. | aerospace |
https://www.werenbach.ch/en/about-werenbach/rocket-material/ | 2023-06-06T16:20:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652959.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20230606150510-20230606180510-00109.warc.gz | 0.912447 | 252 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__174145995 | en | Our watches are the only ones of their kind on the planet! Every Werenbach watch contains genuine rocket material, guaranteed with a signed certificate of authenticity.
The material comes from manned Russian space rockets of the Soyuz family which carry the Cosmonauts to the ISS. They are launched in Baikonur Cosmodrome and complete their journey into outer space in three stages. The burnt-out rocket stage I is jettisoned in flight, falling back into the Kazakh steppe.
Werenbach travels into the steppe to recover the material in person. In this way, we are able to guarantee its authenticity and verify which rocket the material comes from.
The flight into space.
There is no fixed ‘boundary to space’. Rather, the line between space and the Earth’s atmosphere is fluid. The Fédération Aéronautique International (FAI) adopts what is known as the Kármán line, which sets the boundary at 100 km (62 miles). We recover the first stage (Phase I: launcher (booster), windshield fairing of the rockets nose cone (Phase II: fairing)). | aerospace |
https://acesparks.com/dallas-airshow-disaster-caught-on-video-as-planes-collide-in-mid-air/ | 2022-12-03T22:12:19 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710941.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20221203212026-20221204002026-00126.warc.gz | 0.928212 | 330 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__235579426 | en | Two planes collided in midair at the Wings Ove Dallas Airshow at the Dallas Executive Airport on Saturday afternoon.
The accident took place during the Wings Over Dallas World War II Airshow at 1:25 pm
“A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport in Texas around 1:20 pm local time Saturday,” the Federal Aviation Administration said. “At this time, it is unknown how many people were on both aircraft.”
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According to one eyewitness posting on Twitter, “A WWII bomber just crashed at Dallas Executive Airport.
“It was part of the Commemorative Air Force’s Wings Over Dallas Show. The wing just came off as it made a ss over the airfield.” Another added, “Tragic and horrible to witness.”
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Dallas Fire-Rescue says it does not have any information about the status of the pilots or any injuries on the ground at this time.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board said that they will investigate the incident.
Prior to the crash, the airshow was marketed as a chance to “re-live history,” with a selection of World War Two planes on show and in action. | aerospace |
https://aboutus.com/HemUsaIr.bg | 2019-12-12T18:37:01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540545146.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20191212181310-20191212205310-00470.warc.gz | 0.968918 | 74 | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-51__0__32345719 | en | Hemus Air - The Wings of Bulgaria
Excerpted from the website:
- HEMUS AIR was established in 1991 as the second state aviation company in Bulgaria. In 2001 it was bought by CHIMIMPORT and became a private company. HEMUS AIR Jsc is a member of IATA, MITA, IATA Clearing House. | aerospace |
https://orbittrap.ca/?p=263 | 2023-11-30T10:16:02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100184.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130094531-20231130124531-00789.warc.gz | 0.974299 | 394 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__58017106 | en | Back in the early 90’s, I went through a 3 year phase when I wanted to become an airplane pilot. In addition to taking flight training in Ontario, Canada (where I live) I also “studied” in Phoenix, Arizona and Hoxie, Kansas where I took some cropdusting lessons.
During this time I became acquainted with some of the aviation “culture” including the juvenile, false bravado and machismo attitude of many pilots (particularly new ones). Aviation culture also included the habit of using the metaphor of birds to refer to airplanes.
I was never really comfortable with this bird analogy for planes, although, like birds, planes fly and planes have wings. Birds however, incorporate a lot of movement into flight unlike planes which are extremely rigid and also extremely smooth and streamlined — more like fish, fins and swimming than birds, wings and flying.
In fact, one sunny morning at the Scottsdale airport in Phoenix (it’s always sunny in Phoenix) I was doing my required “walk around” of the training aircraft and I decided to take a look at the underneath of the tail of the airplane. It was much like the smooth, curved underside to a fish, I thought. Isn’t an airplane really more like a fish or boat with wings?
In fact, “flying boat” amphibious aircraft require very little design modification to transfom them from what is a typical aircraft design. I suppose, of course, one could say the same thing about a duck — a floating bird — but that just emphasizes my point that aircraft are more like water creatures than air creatures (more like ducks than eagles).
Anyhow, I’m sure the bird metaphor for airplanes lives on, just as the James Bond mentality of many pilots probably does too, even though they’re both just as unnatural and out of place in the real world. | aerospace |
https://www.yts.vu/infrared-footage-nzdf-shows-vanuatus-manaro-volcano/ | 2021-10-22T03:49:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585450.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20211022021705-20211022051705-00637.warc.gz | 0.909068 | 393 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__6821390 | en | Infrared imagery taken during a New Zealand Defense Force aerial survey on September 27 showed huge columns of smoke, ash and volcanic rocks billowing from the crater of Manaro Voui volcano on Vanuatu’s Ambae Island.
Infrared footage shows Vanuatu's Manaro volcano – @nzdf
27 SEP 2017. Imagery taken during a New Zealand Defence Force aerial survey on September 27 showed huge columns of smoke, ash and volcanic rocks billowing from the crater of Manaro Voui volcano on Vanuatu's Ambae Island. pic.twitter.com/rArIu3mtOS
— Jeannie Curtis (@VolcanoJeannie) September 27, 2017
Acting Air Component Commander, Group Captain Nick Olney says the situation on Ambae is becoming more dangerous the Volcano is very active with visible ash cloud, the crater is erupting and lave plumes.
“the evacuations of the people on Ambae is quite critical at the moment” he says
“We have good imagery including infrared imagery imagery which the scientist will use to determine what is to come in the next few day’s”
— Royal NZ Air Force (@NZAirForce) September 27, 2017
An aerial survey of Ambae island by the New Zealand Air Force has found the Monaro volcano is showing strong signs of an impending eruption.
New Zealand Air Force: Ambae is becoming more dangerous – YUMI TOKTOK STRET https://t.co/L1R3GHeZIL
— YUMI TOKTOK STRET (@yumitoktokstret) September 27, 2017
A P-K2 Orion aircraft has been taking photos of Monaro and the rumbling twin volcanoes on Ambrym, as Vanuatu’s Disaster Management officers continue to evacuate its 10,000 residents to safety. | aerospace |
http://3vy.kabuda8.com/academics/experiential-learning/space-sciences/ | 2024-04-19T16:07:43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817438.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20240419141145-20240419171145-00543.warc.gz | 0.955186 | 383 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__82022493 | en | Conduct research for NASA
Carthage’s space sciences program is a nationally recognized undergraduate program that provides students with hands-on opportunities in technology development and atmospheric sciences through partnerships with NASA and academic researchers around the world.
Opportunities in the space sciences at Carthage include:
- On-campus paid research fellowships
- Research internships through the NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium, headquartered at Carthage
- Workshops in space hardware development
- Opportunities to support commercial development with commercial aerospace partners
Participating students regularly travel to and work with researchers at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, and Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
“I had the opportunity to accompany one of the experiments I worked on with the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium to Texas to see it launched on a Blue Origin New Shephard rocket! I have worked on the experiment since I first started attending Carthage. Seeing it on the rocket launch was a truly incredible experience that I will never forget.”
“Engineering is a great major for those who are into all sorts of engineering. It is not a specific category of engineering but rather a focus on the process of engineering. This program is building skilled engineers who are adaptable to every field.”
“Carthage faculty are impressive. Developing a good relationship with faculty members has opened my eyes to new opportunities, such as internships and research programs.”
“You become part of a community, and the professors are always willing to help if you reach out.”
“I think that the combination of a very rigorous engineering core and Carthage’s liberal arts curriculum work together to create engineers who are not only well versed in math and science, but who also have a broader range of knowledge and a larger skill set than your average engineer.” | aerospace |
http://xcam.co.uk/press-release-xcams-pfo-1040-real-time-surface-particulate-contamination-monitor-product-launches | 2024-02-24T00:14:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474470.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223221041-20240224011041-00829.warc.gz | 0.922641 | 663 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__64753506 | en | - Camera Systems
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PRESS RELEASE: XCAM’s PFO 1040 real-time surface particulate contamination monitor product launches at 2018 Birmingham Cleanroom Technology Conference
Today at the 2018 Cleanroom Technology Conference, XCAM Ltd. announce the launch of the PFO 1040 real-time surface particulate contamination monitoring system. Live demonstrations will be performed at XCAM’s exhibition booth at the conference where customers are invited to register their interest for the purchase of a PFO 1040 unit, which can also be purchased via the XCAM website for those unable to attend.
Time-Resolved Automatic Particulate Monitoring
The PFO 1040 offers cleanroom operators a novel solution to tracking particulate contamination down to the five-micron level by using a robust and reliable direct imaging technique (patent pending). A bespoke algorithm analyses particles and fibres which settle on the 4 cm2 sensor surface and reports information such as size, shape, particle/fibre classification and particle size distribution, as well as allowing individual particulates to be interrogated within the resulting image. This method allows sample rates of 10 measurements per hour, allowing contamination events to be reported in real-time and consequently improving manufacturing processes and production yields. The automatic nature of the instrument reduces costs as it removes the need to retrieve and analyse samples manually, with the additional benefit of the instrument performing in-situ analysis which minimises disturbances to samples allowing a representative snapshot of particulate contamination levels. Particulates are particularly problematic for the aerospace, semiconductor and automotive industries to name a few where the powerful features of this instrument have the potential to disrupt current best practices in the field.
“We’re really excited about the release of our latest innovative product. The PFO 1040 has the potential to provide cleanroom operators with a new high-resolution, real-time method of measuring particulate deposition levels, as well as getting far more information regarding particulate types. This will enable detailed tracking and investigation of contamination trends, allowing processes to be improved and yields increased, whilst reducing labour costs.” said Karen Holland, CEO at XCAM.
Spin-off from European Space Agency (ESA) Contract
The initial concept for the PFO 1040 instrument was born out of a need for the space industry to develop a real-time, continuous and remote method of tracking particulate contamination produced within the fairing of a rocket, and around sensitive instruments, prior to and during the launch phase. Characterisation of the particulates would allow sources to be identified and failure analysis to be performed, as well as the monitoring of particulate levels relative to contamination budgets. The European Space Agency therefore funded a contract for the development of such an instrument which XCAM Ltd. Successfully bid for and won. The contract successfully came to completion in January 2017. Recognising that there was a need for such an instrument in terrestrial-based clean rooms and following on from the success of the ESA prototype Space PFO monitor, XCAM undertook developments to adapt the ESA prototype for commercial use in clean rooms.
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http://spacecatrocketship.blogspot.com/2007/06/giant-robots.html | 2018-07-19T17:08:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591150.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719164439-20180719184439-00334.warc.gz | 0.938426 | 189 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__177196376 | en | C.E.J. Pacian presents the world's first liquid-fuelled rocket-blog: trapped in a hyperbolic orbit to nowhere in particular.
Phoenix is the next Mars rover lander to be launched (in August, I believe), but after that (at the end of 2009) we have Mars Science Laboratory. Now, if I already knew that the reason these two landers aren't touching down the same way the current two Mars rovers did* is because they are too large, I never took on board just how bloody enormous MSL is going to be. Take a look at Emily Lakdawalla's post on the Planetary Society blog here, including images and video of the MSL 'mobility model'.
This is how The Terminator gets started, I'm sure.
*A barmy method by which they fell out of the sky surrounded by airbags before bouncing to a halt. | aerospace |
http://heat.chromesplash.com/2018/08/12/nasa-launches-probe-to-go-deep-into-suns-scorching-atmosphere/ | 2018-12-15T10:30:35 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376826842.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20181215083318-20181215105318-00003.warc.gz | 0.867126 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__134835936 | en | The craft will endure extreme heat while zooming through the solar corona to study the Sun’s outer atmosphere that gives rise to the solar winds. It is set to fly into the Sun’s corona within 3.8 million miles (6.1 million km) of the solar surface, seven times closer than any other spacecraft. The corona gives rise to the solar wind, a continuous flow of charged particles that permeates the solar system and can cause havoc with communications technology on Earth.
Source: Yahoo! News | aerospace |
https://www.mn.uio.no/fysikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/colloquia/rowland.html | 2022-12-06T01:06:49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711064.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20221205232822-20221206022822-00842.warc.gz | 0.949419 | 285 | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-49__0__283091736 | en | Humanity has discovered thousands of planets beyond our solar system. These have different sizes, histories, stellar heating, etc. Such factors control whether these planets might be expected to support life. One of the major determinants of habitability is the presence of an atmosphere that is thick enough, but not too thick. A huge surprise of the space age was the observation that some of Earth’s oxygen is being expelled into space by giant “atmospheric fountains”. Fountains such as these may be important in controlling the atmospheric pressure on other planets, on timescales of billions of years. I will present measurements of such atmospheric fountains that we have observed with NASA sounding rockets in Svalbard and Alaska in 2018 and 2013.
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Dr. Douglas Rowland has worked at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center since 2003, and currently serves as the Chief of the Laboratory for Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere Physics. Since 1998 Dr. Rowland has been involved in over a dozen rocket missions to study phenomena, taking rockets to Andøya, Ny-Ålesund, Alaska, the Marshall Islands, and Virginia, to study the aurora, lightning, and a host of other fascinating phenomena in near-Earth space.
A light meal will be served from 12.00 (talk starts at appr. 12.15). | aerospace |
https://www.digitalrisks.co.uk/tag/case-study/2/ | 2020-05-31T12:56:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347413406.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20200531120339-20200531150339-00097.warc.gz | 0.901845 | 83 | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-24__0__78780065 | en | Case study posts
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Helipaddy is the must-have tool for helicopter pilots, helping them discover, store and share heli-friendly landing sites. Paddy Wills explains more.
Coconut is the new alternative bank account for freelancers. We had a chat with Sam, one of the co-founders of this FinTech startup. | aerospace |
https://www.dothink.org/post/nasa-is-all-set-to-hunt-for-mars-fossils | 2022-05-22T08:00:39 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662545090.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220522063657-20220522093657-00447.warc.gz | 0.945722 | 243 | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-21__0__127635810 | en | NASA scientists have discovered a potential place for its Mars 2020 rover to look for signs of ancient life in Jezero Crater where the rover will land in February of 2021.
The Rover is set to be deployed in the Jezero Crater which is 28 Miles & 1640 feet deep The crater is about 3.5 billion years ago, which makes it suitable for finding potential signs of life. The rover, equipped with a drill, will collect rock samples which will be analyzed on Earth.
A paper published today in the journal Icarus identifies distinct deposits of minerals called carbonates along the inner rim of Jezero, the site of a lake more than 3.5 billion years ago. On Earth, carbonates help form structures that are hardy enough to survive in fossil form for billions of years, including seashells, coral and some stromatolites – rocks formed on this planet by ancient microbial life along ancient shorelines, where sunlight and water were plentiful according to JPL Blog.
NASA’s Curiosity rover had already found that parts of Mars could have supported microbial life billions of years ago. Mars 2020 is NASA’s next-generation mission to study life throughout the universe. | aerospace |
http://discover-rhodes.com/tag/ryanair-flights-to-rhodes/ | 2013-05-20T04:43:03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698289937/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095809-00066-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.929306 | 95 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2013-20__0__61533801 | en | Ryanair, Europe's biggest budget air carrier, announced six new routes to Greece. The new routes include flights to two of the major Mediterranean holiday destinations, Rhodes and Kos. The flights are expected to begin from April 2010, connecting the two islands with the main European airports. Ryanair's Greek routes are ...
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https://thefirstmagazine.com/2023/03/15/nasa-launched-its-rocket-to-the-moon/ | 2023-06-04T18:30:20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224650201.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20230604161111-20230604191111-00015.warc.gz | 0.972425 | 358 | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-23__0__285043277 | en | The Artemis 1 mission was launched today at 1:48 am EST.
The rocket, which was launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, was supposed to start its mission much earlier than this, but technical problems, weather problems and other issues caused the postponement of this important mission several times. Today’s launch was also delayed by 44 minutes.
The NASA rocket was originally supposed to start its journey in August, but this mission was canceled and postponed to September. But the month of October was not the right time to launch Artemis 1 and finally this mission started today. Orion is expected to capture and share the first view of Earth several hours after launch. Earth release time from the Orion capsule perspective depends on factors such as launch time and health of the capsule.
The Artemis 1 mission is the first of NASA’s Artemis mission series, which previously announced that it will be followed by three missions, and NASA has recently announced the addition of the fourth Artemis mission.
Artemis 1 is the first mission in NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to have a permanent human presence on the Moon and its surroundings by the end of the 2020s. During the Artemis 1 mission, the Orion capsule will go on an unmanned journey into lunar orbit. If all goes according to plan, Artemis 2 will launch astronauts into lunar orbit in 2024, and Artemis 3 will land the first woman and first person of color near the moon’s south pole in 2025 or 2026.
NASA has recently announced the second human journey to the moon during the Artemis 4 mission, and the officials of the NASA space agency have confirmed in a report that the second human landing on the moon in the last 50 years will be done by the Artemis 4 mission. | aerospace |
https://www.ptcpunjabi.co.in/viral/viral-video-isro-chairman-along-with-entire-team-celebrate-chadrayaan-3s-soft-landing-on-moon-417305 | 2023-09-24T20:38:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506669.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20230924191454-20230924221454-00295.warc.gz | 0.936194 | 401 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__268884422 | en | Viral Video: ISRO Chairman Along with Entire Team Celebrate Chadrayaan 3's soft landing on Moon
Our memories and emotions will always hold Wednesday, August 23, 2023, in respect. The Indian lunar project Chandrayaan 3 made a soft landing on the south pole of the moon on this momentous day, ensuring its unqualified success.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) recently added a new accomplishment to its list of accomplishments, placing our nation's name among the elite group of four nations that have accomplished this incredible feat. With the development of soft-landing technology on the lunar surface, India has now proudly joined the United States of America, China, and the erstwhile Soviet Union as the fourth nation worldwide.
Well, the aerospace engineer, ISRO Chief S. Somnath along with his dedicated team, seized the opportunity to hit the dance floor, grooving in unison to celebrate the triumphant landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the lunar surface. The sheer joy radiating from his face can be readily observed in a video that is rapidly gaining traction across various social media platforms.
All around the country, including the glittering world of Bollywood, compliments began to flood in. A list celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar praised the ISRO scientists for their amazing accomplishment. These famous people acknowledged the unshakable dedication and constant effort that went into making Chandrayaan 3 a rousing success.
The successful landing of Chandrayaan 3 on the moon represents more than just science; it also represents India's unflinching spirit of invention and space exploration advancement. It serves as a reminder of what can be accomplished when a country unifies behind a shared objective and strives for greatness as it celebrates this historic milestone. The accomplishment of Chandrayaan 3 has expanded India's options for space exploration, and the moon represents an even greater frontier for our country in the future.
- PTC PUNJABI | aerospace |
http://greenanswers.com/question/are-there-any-other-habitable-plan/ | 2016-10-25T12:43:30 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720062.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00096-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.96009 | 223 | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2016-44__0__16817966 | en | Possibly, but none that have been discovered yet. As technology improves planets that are currently uninhabitable will become habitable. Example: The Moon and Mars are not currently habitable, but I am fairly certain we will see a Moon base and maybe even a Mars settlement in the next century. We are already putting hotels in space and planning the first commercial space flights. This is the dawning of a new space age.
Currently, no other inhabitable planets have been found with 100 percent certainty of life. One planet that could be able to support life is Gliese 581d. Measurements have been taken on the planet that show there could be liquid water on the planet. An astronomer from Geneva University in Switzerland believes that it could be a life-supporting planet and could have an ocean on its surface. This planet is about 20.5 light years away from Earth.
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https://bulletinxp.com/science-tech/another-image-saturn-farewell/ | 2019-04-25T11:04:25 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578716619.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425094105-20190425120105-00512.warc.gz | 0.922695 | 584 | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-18__0__106968317 | en | The Cassini shuttle’s farewell photograph of Saturn is a comment.
- On Sept. 13 — two days before its purposeful passing plunge into the ringed planet’s thick environment — Cassini took many photographs of Saturn utilizing its wide-point camera. Presently, mission colleagues have amassed those photographs into a solitary exquisite mosaic, which demonstrates the planet and its famous rings in all their magnificence.
- About six of Saturn’s 60-odd moons — Prometheus, Pandora, Janus, Epimetheus, Mimas, and Enceladus — is even noticeable in the picture, as little dabs of light, overshadowed by the giganticness of their parent planet. [Cassini’s Greatest Hits: The Spacecraft’s Best Images of Saturn.
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- The recently discharged pictures of Saturn goodbye photograph snapped by NASA’s Voyager 1 rocket in 1980, said Cassini imaging group pioneer Carolyn Porco, who additionally served on the Voyager mission imaging group.
- “For a long time, Voyager 1’s last perspective of Saturn has been, for me, a standout amongst the most suggestive pictures at any point taken in the investigation of the nearby planetary group,” Porco, who is based at the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado, said in an announcement.
- “In a comparative vein, this ‘Goodbye to Saturn’ will forevermore fill in as an indication of the sensational conclusion to that wondrous time mankind spent in insinuate investigation of our sun’s most notable planetary framework,” she included.
- The $3.2 billion Cassini-Huygens mission — a joint effort including NASA, the European Space Agency and the Italian Space Agency — propelled in October 1997 and achieved the Saturn framework on June 30, 2004.
- The Cassini mothership conveyed a lander called Huygens to the surface of planet’s biggest moon, Titan, in January 2005, and afterwards continued cruising through the ringed planet framework for more than twelve years, mentioning an assortment of objective facts.
- Amid this time, Cassini made various disclosures that have reshaped researchers’ comprehension of Saturn’s arrangement and development, and in addition the nearby planetary group’s capability to have the life. For instance, the mission spotted oceans of fluid hydrocarbons on Titan, and Cassini’s perceptions demonstrated that Enceladus has a conceivably tenable sea of salty fluid water underneath its frosty hull.
- And after that, there are the pictures — a large number of them, which have charmed scientists and enchanted space fans far and wide but this picture of one of the most successful missions on Saturn will remain not only to the space fans but to the working class of space world. | aerospace |
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http://www.ksla.com/story/31883810/laser-strikes-at-planes-up-50-percent/ | 2018-10-17T23:37:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583511314.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20181017220358-20181018001858-00144.warc.gz | 0.960202 | 847 | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-43__0__172728013 | en | (WWBT/RNN) - Laser strikes on airplanes full of passengers- even police and MedEvac helicopters are soaring, which can have pilots flying blind.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there was a record 50 percent increase in just the last year.
For pilots, laser strikes can be disorienting and dangerous - even temporarily blinding. And those pointing lasers at planes do not realize the danger, or they're opening themselves up to a felony charge.
"The closest thing I can compare it to is looking into the sun," Adam Culbertson said, who is a pilot for the Virginia State Police.
Culbertson was lit up four times in one night, with one reflection bouncing off the bottom of the wing and into the window.
The number of these laser strikes nationwide is escalating. Over the last seven years, there has been a gradual increase in reports from pilots, averaging around 3,700 incidents a year.
However, laser attacks in 2015 nearly doubled to a record 7,700 strikes.
Documents from the Federal Aviation Administration contain descriptions from the pilots dealing with lasers taking off and landing at major airports around the country; 131 documented laser attacks on planes coming and going from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, 194 in Charlotte, and 170 over the skies of Washington, DC.
A captain landing in Houston had to be pulled "from the next flight after reporting burning eyes and a 5 to 10 percent loss of vision.
The FAA documented laser strikes hitting pilots in the cockpits of passenger jets of every major airline including American, United, Delta. They've disrupted the postal service, police helicopters and planes – even MedEvac flights.
A paramedic was injured by a laser attack on a medical chopper landing in Dallas.
Officer Shaun McCarthy flies police planes and choppers with a Metro Aviation Unit in Richmond, VA. He's been hit multiple times.
"You're looking out the window, taking pictures helping the ground units and then all of the sudden our vision is gone we can't see anything. We're seeing spots," McCarthy said.
He was doing traffic control from above a NASCAR race when a blinding green light flashed into the cabin.
The man responsible for pointing a laser at McCarthy during the NASCAR race sent a letter to the government apologizing, according to the FAA. He said he was stuck in the traffic and took out the laser to amuse himself.
"I got out the laser pointer. I was seeing how far it would shine. With no malicious intent, I proceeded to carry it across the sky. I was truly upset that my actions in any way could have harmed the flight crew," the leader read.
Most people aren't trying to bring down a plane, they just don't realize how quickly a toy turns into a dangerous weapon.
The beam in a $40 or $50 laser can reach 10 miles, and the beam gets larger the further it travels.
People on the ground think it's funny their laser can reach 2,000 feet and hit a moving target in the air but they don't genuinely grasp the danger they're putting themselves in and anyone on the ground," McCarthy said.
The felony charge could result in five years in prison and an $11,000 fine.
"We take it very seriously It's not just a prank, it can be prison time," said Paul E. Daymond, of the FBI.
The FAA keeps up with reports of laser strikes involving airplanes. We sifted through more than 300 pages of records from the agency from 2010 to 2014.
Here's what we found out:
At Shreveport Regional, there were 11 incidents reported, but airport officials tell us none of them resulted in emergency landings.
East Texas and Texarkana Regional airports reported a combined dozen incidents.
Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International reported more than 300 laser strikes over the same four-year period.
Again, pointing lasers into the sky into an aircraft is a felony. You could face 5 years in prison and an 11 thousand dollar fine. In March, a California man got a 14 year prison sentence. | aerospace |
https://www.388fw.acc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/306375/f-35-demonstration-visits-hill/ | 2021-10-16T20:42:58 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585025.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20211016200444-20211016230444-00387.warc.gz | 0.953965 | 811 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__263104338 | en | F-35 demonstration visits Hill
By 388th Fighter Wing Public Affairs office, 388th Fighter Wing
/ Published February 26, 2007
Hill Air Force Base, Utah -- More than 400 service and community members had a chance to step into the future of Hill Air Force Base during an F-35 Lightning II briefing and cockpit demonstration presented by Lockheed Martin here Feb. 21-23.
The 388th Fighter Wing hosted the demonstration to give Team Hill a peek at future Air Force capabilities and to gain support for the F-35 program. The 388th FW is being considered as one of the first operational wings for the F-35, pending an environmental analysis.
"A broad audience should learn about this stealthy, multi-role fighter that will bring the Air Force overwhelming air power for decades to come," said Col. Robert Beletic, commander of the 388th FW. "The F-35 and F-22 are the only fifth-generation fighters in the world."
Guests for the demonstration included members of the 526th ICBM Wing, 84th Combat Sustainment Wing, 309th Maintenance Wing, 508th Aircraft Sustainment Wing, 419th Fighter Wing, 75th Air Base Wing, Ogden Air Logistics Center and community and political leaders. During the presentation, guests learned the advanced combat capabilities of the Air Force's newest fighter.
"Team Hill has a proud legacy of providing relevant, versatile and lethal air power, and we are proud to be considered for the F-35," said Colonel Beletic. "The great combat capabilities of this next-generation fighter will allow us to penetrate the most advanced air defenses currently being designed and allow us to successfully target high value and mobile targets."
Airmen stepping into the cockpit of the F-35 were taken back by its technological advances.
"I was impressed by the navigation and computer systems on the F-35," said Senior Airman Andrew Hanson, Component Maintenance Squadron egress journeyman. "The colored touch screen technology was mind-boggling. The differences between the F-16 and F-35 are like night and day."
Lockheed Martin has engineered three versions of the Joint Strike Fighter. The Air Force's F-35A will have a conventional take-off and landing and cost an average of $46.4 million per aircraft. "But this price is lower than that of our legacy fighter, the F-16," said Mr. Billy Diehl, a Lockheed Martin spokesman who briefed Hill members on the aircraft's war-fighting technology. The F-35A's first flight took place Dec. 15.
With 40 thousand pounds of thrust, the F-35 is the most powerful single-engine fighter in the world. Even with that amount of power, this aircraft manages to stay practically invisible. "The Army can call in air strikes and hit a target before the F-35 is even seen or heard," said Mr. Diehl.
Six cameras mounted throughout the cockpit allow pilots to virtually see through the aircraft. The predominant feature of the cockpit is an 8 x 20 inch screen that is touch or voice-activated. "This fighter no doubt establishes air dominance with its interior and exterior features," said Mr. Diehl.
The F-35 can hold 11 internal weapons and has three times the fuel capacity of an F-16. With a 40-year survivability rate, the F-35 is scheduled to replace the F-16s and A-10s in the AF inventory.
The next generation fighter is expected to make its way to the 388th FW in 2013.
"Our Air Force needs this aircraft to ensure air dominance in the future," said Colonel Beletic. "The 388th FW provides the world's best close air support, the world's best air control and the world's best test and training range. The F-35 will greatly advance the close air support mission while our air control and range capabilities will compliment the new aircraft." | aerospace |
http://www.britannica.com/topic/Construcciones-Aeronauticas-SA | 2015-07-31T17:28:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042988310.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002308-00267-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.892906 | 146 | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2015-32__0__126644625 | en | European Aeronautic Defence and Space CompanyIn the first decade after its founding in 1923, Spain’s Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A. built a number of Wal “flying boats” under license from Dornier, and it undertook the development of its own first design, a light aircraft called CASA-1. During and after World War II it produced more than 200 German-licensed Heinkel He 111 bombers.
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http://asiagolfonline.com/2018/09/27/japan-s-minerva-ii1-rovers-send-pictures-after-landing-on/ | 2018-12-13T16:22:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376824912.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20181213145807-20181213171307-00408.warc.gz | 0.938273 | 526 | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-51__0__243798331 | en | The rovers are fitted with seven cameras and will take stereo images of the asteroid's surface and are also equipped with temperature gauges, optical sensors, an accelerometer and a set of gyroscopes. The rovers, collectively identified as MINERVA-II, were launched from the spacecraft Hayabusa2 on Friday.It marks the principle time cell robots have efficiently landed on an asteroid, and it be a important milestone for Hayabusa2, an unmanned exploration mission launched in December 2014.
Also, on Twitter, the Japanese space agency announced the successful landing of the two robotic rovers deployed a few days ago by Hayabusa-2.
The second photo that was released by JAXA shows Rover-1B's immediate deployment from the spacecraft.
In October, the Hayabusa2 probe will deploy an "impactor" that will explode above the asteroid, shooting a 2kg copper missile to blast a small crater into the surface.More news: Trump says he wants two-state solution for Mideast conflict
A shot the Hayabusa2 spacecraft took back in June of asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
One picture from the surface is blurred as it was taken mid-jump.
The two "MINERVA" landers, which the probe deployed on the asteroid, have already made contact with the mother ship and sent back home some awesome pictures as well.
With the effective getting the MINERVA meanderers turned into the main ever versatile robots to direct perceptions on a space rock.More news: Weather: Up to 30 mm rain forecast through Wednesday
"The good news made me so happy", Hayabusa2 project spokesperson Takashi Kubota said. JAXA tweeted that the rovers are in good condition and moving on the surface. Since the gravity on Ryugu is weak, it is expected that after a hop the rover will stay in air for about 15 minutes before landing back on the ground.
There have been some anxious moments when the verbal exchange link with the bots became misplaced quickly after separation."Conversation with MINERVA-II1 has for the time being stopped".
The two landers are meant to study the composition of Ryugu, a primitive carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid, with the ultimate objective of gathering more information about the development of the inner planets of the solar system.
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https://news.coredp.com/lockheed-ah-56-cheyenne-prototype-attack-helicopter/ | 2023-12-03T08:37:40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100489.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203062445-20231203092445-00756.warc.gz | 0.964856 | 571 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__34558146 | en | The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne was a purpose-built attack helicopter. It was developed to meet a US Army requirement for a first dedicated attack helicopter. The US Army was looking for an advanced helicopter design. In 1966 Lockheed was awarded a contract for 10 prototype helicopters, which would be used for trials and evaluation. Design of the AH-56 was very futuristic, innovative and ambitions for its time. The helicopter made its first flight in 1967. The Cheyenne had impressive performance and devastating ƒιяєρσωєя. However because of technical problems, excessive weight, cost overruns and the change of military vision, the project of AH-56 Cheyenne was canceled in 1972.
The Cheyenne used Lockheed rotor system, tail-mounted pusher propeller, and conventional tail rotor. The tail section was pointing down. Short wings provided good lift and high speeds and put the Cheyenne in the list of compound helicopter class. This machine was powered by a single General Electric T64-GE-16 engine. During flight most of the engine power went to the pusher propeller, and only 20-25% of power was delivered to the main rotor. This gave a top speed of about 390 km/h and ability to reach such speed at extremely low altitudes. Currently such design and is still used only on experimental helicopters.
The Cheyenne was armed with new for the time TOW wire-guided anti-tank missiles. Helicopter had wing hardpoints and could carry 6 of these missiles. It was also fitted with a side-mounted 30 mm cannon. The cannon could easily destroy lightly-armored vehicles. Nose-mounted turret of the AH-56 was fitted with 7.62 mm minigun, or alternatively a 40 mm ɢяєиα∂є launcher. This helicopter could also carry pods with 70 mm unguided rockets. Inbord hardpoints could carry additional fuel tanks for extended range.
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In 1972 the US Army initiated a new program for a more conventional attack helicopter. This program led to the development of the AH-64 Apache, which entered service in 1986. As an interim helicopter the AH-1 Cobra was used. Ultimately an experimental Piasecki X-49A SpeedHawk with pusher propeller has been developed. This concept aircraft made its first flight in 2007 and is intended to test maximum speed and possible increase in payload capacity. | aerospace |
https://essays-writing-for-me.net/getting-the-best-racing-drone-kit/ | 2020-09-25T13:52:10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400226381.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20200925115553-20200925145553-00117.warc.gz | 0.963538 | 1,046 | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-40__0__157382163 | en | The Death of racing drone kit
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There aren’t any instructions in the kit, although YouTube movies are conveniently available to direct you. In the event that you’re a beginner, you shouldn’t be afraid to obtain ready-to-fly drones because you possibly can experimentation using a drone like that and if they modular, then that’s even better. Finding out how you can browse the drone itself is one point that is particular but the point you would like is to not know the fly zones or alternative protocol in the area and incur a fine or alternative trouble. To locate out more regarding digital digicam drones examine our cam purchaser’s manual.
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Drone racing is now growing increasingly more popular bringing that and also professionalizing that the sport. It may grow to be as other game one evening, should you want to be the most effective, then you begin instantly. Drone racing is an incredible game. As it has to perform FPV racing, it’s possible to conduct some time trials or have several racers in the same time. Generally, it is a superb racer in the event you do not feel as building without any delay. Much the racers that are ideal had been newcomers in the same time. | aerospace |
https://www.avquestinsurance.com/small-to-mid-sized-corporate-jet/ | 2023-09-21T22:08:53 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233506045.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20230921210007-20230922000007-00889.warc.gz | 0.963983 | 108 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__132824458 | en | Small Corporate jets such as the Cessna Mustang, or Embraer Phenom seat 4 passengers. These jets are often flown by the business owner, or a single professional pilot. They are used for shorter distance flights.
Mid-sized corporate jets have a larger seating capacity than the small corporate jet, usually in the 7-10 seat range. Normally these jets would be piloted by a professional two pilot crew. Cessna Aircraft Company manufactures the Cessna Citation line, which includes many models of mid-sized jets. | aerospace |
https://faq.iski.cc/en/support/solutions/articles/32000022306-how-do-i-get-altitude- | 2023-12-09T22:11:51 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100972.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20231209202131-20231209232131-00194.warc.gz | 0.895618 | 109 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__154504048 | en | The iSKI Tracker gets altitude from the GPS signal. The GPS receiver uses the received satellite signals to calculate a three-dimensional location, i.e. latitude, longitude, and altitude. Satellite signals are accurate to about 10-30 meters. Altitude data is refined during analysis.
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https://www.tagaviation.com/zh/about-us/news/article/tag-aviation-maltas-safety-standards-recognized-with-two-new-certifications/ | 2021-01-27T06:51:50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610704821253.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20210127055122-20210127085122-00489.warc.gz | 0.933451 | 485 | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-04__0__274769562 | en | Just three years after receiving its Maltese AOC, TAG Aviation Malta has been rewarded for its commitment to safety with both its Wyvern Wingman certification and IS-BAO accreditation. These significant achievements confirm the company’s commitment to the very highest safety standards within the industry and illustrate its continued efforts to provide an unrivalled service in all aspects of private and business aviation.
Achieving Wyvern Wingman status is an important milestone for TAG Malta, as its standards are globally recognised as the industry’s benchmark for aviation safety and operational procedures.
The International Standard for Business Aircraft Operations, or IS-BAO, is the code of best practice that serves as the gold standard for business aviation around the world. This endorsement confirms that the company is working at the very highest levels of safety and operational proficiency.
Stephanie Vella Gera, TAG Aviation Europe and Malta Head of Safety and Compliance, was extremely pleased with these certifications:
"At TAG Malta, we constantly review and improve our operational procedures with safety always our top priority, so we are immensely proud that we have been recognized for this by two of the world’s most renowned bodies – Wyvern and IS-BAO. Wyvern Wingman’s criteria are amongst the most challenging in the aviation industry, whilst IS-BAO accreditation proves our ability to provide the highest levels of safety and efficiency at all times. Both endorsements confirm our commitment to providing exactly the same exemplary service found in the wider TAG Aviation Group."
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With a history dating back to 1966, TAG Aviation has pioneered industry standards in business aviation client service, safety systems, operational excellence, and bespoke training. We offer a broad range of business aviation services including aircraft management, charter and FBO/handling from our bases in Geneva and Hong Kong and FBO in Macau. TAG manages a fleet of over 100 aircraft worldwide, with around 30 available for charter. We also employ over 1,200 aviation professionals internationally, including nearly 600 pilots and cabin crew. TAG Global Training, TAG Aviation’s training division, trains an average of 3,000 aviation personnel each year. Please find more information about us at www.tagaviation.com
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https://asu.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/radar-detection-range-in-higher-spatial-dimensions | 2023-09-28T01:28:08 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510334.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927235044-20230928025044-00289.warc.gz | 0.930426 | 365 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__256985467 | en | Inspired by widely-studied physical models of the universe of dimension larger than three in modern physics, we analyze how radar detection range generalizes to higher spatial dimensions. The radar range equation in three spatial dimensions is a product of terms, each of which can be generalized to arbitrary spatial dimensions. A key step is to establish an equivalence relation based on gain that facilitates comparing antennas or targets in different numbers of spatial dimensions. Our expression for maximum hyper-dimensional detection range has a number of counter-intuitive properties. First, we find that maximum detection range is not monotonic with spatial dimensionality: detection range initially decreases as the number of spatial dimensions increase, but reaches a minimum and then increases asymptotically linearly for very large numbers of spatial dimensions. For low numbers of spatial dimensions, detection range depends, as expected, on radar transmit power, integration time, antenna gain, target radar cross section (RCS) and wavelength. In very high-dimensional spaces, however, detection range is simply proportional to the wavelength and to the dimension; it is asymptotically independent of the radar power, antenna gain and target RCS. Care must be taken in generalizing the radar range equation, because it assumes that the flux density from the radar is constant across the target and that the flux density reflected from the target is constant across the radar aperture. These assumptions may be violated at ranges where the target becomes spatially resolved by the radar antenna. Surprisingly, the electrical diameter of a fixed-gain antenna grows asymptotically linearly with dimension, regardless of its physical size, thus providing greater angular resolution in higher dimensions. This work has no application, that we are aware of, to space or remote sensing missions in our universe, however the results are unexpected and pedagogically interesting. | aerospace |
https://www.wirednewsengine.com/2012/02/05/Pilot-Struck-in-Head-by-Propeller-at-Gillespie-Field_2012020517451.html | 2023-12-02T02:48:44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100309.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202010506-20231202040506-00572.warc.gz | 0.935311 | 299 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__103564453 | en | New Source: JusticeNewsFlash.com
01/31/2012 // WPB, FL, USA // Injury Lawyers News // Nicole Howley
El Cajon, CA — A 41-year-old pilot is dead after he was hit in the head by a propeller of a small plane on Monday, January 30, 2012. The fatal accident occurred around 8:30 a.m. at Gillespie Field, reported Fox5SanDiego.com.
According to reports, the pilot and a passenger were taxiing a single-engine Piper Cherokee plane to the runway when the engine stalled. The pilot got out of the plane and tried to start the engine through a method called “hand propping,” in which the engine is manually restarted by turning the propeller. In doing this, the pilot was struck in the head by the propeller.
Pilot Daniel Wisenewski told Fox 5 that “hand propping is a very dangerous method and sometimes is used to start engine or clear carbonator.”
Responding emergency crews rushed the man by ambulance to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The National Transportation Safety Board, the FAA and the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the fatal aviation accident.
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http://yap.org.az/en/view/news/3993/azerbaijani-pm-visits-air-force-military-units | 2024-02-21T04:13:41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473370.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221034447-20240221064447-00440.warc.gz | 0.932321 | 221 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__21138660 | en | Azerbaijani PM visits Air Force military units
Under the instruction of President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, Prime Minister Artur Rasizade has visited several military units of the Air Forces.
The Premier reviewed the newly built and thoroughly repaired headquarters, buildings for combat duty, start-command station, military barracks, canteen for flight-technical staff and soldiers, bath-laundry-boiler complex, checkpoint, and square for line-up, the Defense Ministry said.
Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov underlined the works carried out for enhancing combat readiness of the Armed Forces, improving social conditions of personnel, strengthening the material-technical base as a result of the attention and care paid to the military build-up by the Head of State.
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https://davidmkelly.com/the-eyes-have-it/ | 2023-11-30T20:59:56 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100232.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130193829-20231130223829-00076.warc.gz | 0.954751 | 315 | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-50__0__290900861 | en | New research may have come up with a solution to a problem that’s a huge issue for long- term space living or crewed missions to Mars and beyond.
The problem many astronauts face when enduring long duration space missions is that microgravity (sometimes called zero gravity – or the slang term ZeeGee in my Joe Ballen books) is that a lot of human biological functions rely on operating in an environment with gravity, and don’t respond well when outside that.
One of the more worrying aspects is that bodily fluids that are usually pulled down in our bodies no longer have that force working on them and, as a result, pressure builds up inside the skull, which squeezes on the eyeballs, changing their shape and causing vision problems. NASA has seen these problems with more than 50% of its astronauts over the years–so this is a serious issue.
The new research uses a kind of “sleeping bag” with a pressure pump that sucks air from the bottom, creating a suction force that encourages blood to move that way from the head, simulating the natural force humans would normally feel on a planet.
If this works, it’ll be a big step toward developing long-term sustainable space habitats, and might very well be a key technology in opening up the possibility of longer crewed missions. Although, for larger constructions, having a rotating station would provide a much more welcoming environment, especially for “regular” tourists. Can’t wait to see where this will go! | aerospace |
http://cybernyalliance.org/mr-george-duchak-2015-flc-laboratory-director-of-the-year.html | 2019-08-17T15:00:05 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027313428.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20190817143039-20190817165039-00356.warc.gz | 0.951021 | 125 | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-35__0__155982231 | en | Mr. George Duchak, Director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate , a.k.a. Rome Lab, has been selected 2015 FLC LABORATORY DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). Duchak_AFRL Information15Jan15
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https://defenceupdate.in/hal-to-ramp-up-production-of-fighter-jets-and-helicopters-with-rs-17500-crore-expansion-plan/ | 2019-03-21T16:49:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202526.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20190321152638-20190321174638-00461.warc.gz | 0.944931 | 832 | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2019-13__0__12036617 | en | HAL to ramp up production of Fighter Jets and Helicopters with Rs 17,500 crore expansion plan
Ramping up production of fighter aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, aviation major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is gearing up for an overall investment of Rs 17,500 crore in the next five years.
Responding to media queries at the Aero India 2017 here, HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said the company may go in for bank loans to fund the projects.
Here’s his update on projects undertaken by HAL, both indigenously and in collaboration with foreign partners.
HAL supplied 183 Sukhoi-MKI multi-role fighter aircraft to the IAF till January 2017. The remaining aircraft, out of an order for 222 planes, would be delivered by 2019-20.
As the lead agency for the aircraft’s upgrade, HAL will ink contracts with the Sukhoi Design Bureau for a two-phase upgrade. The first phase will start in 90 days, Raju said.
Three aircraft were delivered to IAF, which operationalised its first squadron, “Flying Daggers”. The delivery of all the 40 LCA Mk-1 aircraft will be completed by 2019-20.
The project will go on an overdrive to cater to IAF’s procurement of 83 LCA Mk1A aircraft with enhanced capabilities of AESA Radar, BVR missile, self-protection jammer and air-to-air refuelling.
The production will be increased from the current eight per year to 16 a year with increased stress on outsourcing, said Raju. “The trials for LCA Mk1A will be completed by 2018.”
On the Advanced Light Helicopter (Dhruv), Raju said HAL has built 231 copters till January 2017. “We have concluded negotiations for 73 more ALHs to the services. The contract will be signed shortly.”
The defence PSU has also produced 135 Dornier-228 aircraft. The Navy has placed orders for 12 more. The task will be completed by 2019-20.
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The Light Utility Helicopter (LUH), which had its maiden flight in September 2016 and flew again at the airshow inaugural, is expected to complete the certification process by 2018. Deliveries could begin by 2019-20.
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The Defence Acquisition Council, he said, has cleared procurement of 15 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH). Ten of these are for IAF and five for the Army. HAL is also producing 20 Cheetal helicopters for the Army and 10 more are in the pipeline for IAF.
Besides, HAL will undertake upgrades of 61 Jaguars and 51 Mirage fighter aircraft.
On the Hindustan Turboprop Trainer (HTT), Raju said the company expected orders for 106 aircraft, to be used for basic training, aerobatics, instrument flying and close-formation flights.
Progressing on the Mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) front, HAL has developed an 80-kg product with a 15-km day/night range capability. “It is now production-ready for the police, paramilitary services and armed forces,” informed Raju.
HAL is investing Rs 210 crore on Rustom-2 with Aeronautical Defence Establishment as partner. It has already partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur to develop a rotary UAV. “Our plan is to get into the 50, 200 and 500 kg class UAVs.”
HAL has notched up its highest ever turnover of Rs 16,736 crore for 2015-16, a 7.14% growth over the previous year. “Profit before tax was Rs 3,288 crore. The current year’s target is Rs 17,100 crore. Our sales till January stood at Rs 10,086 crore,” the CMD informed.
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https://www.bunaircorp.com/power-bunny | 2023-09-30T08:25:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510671.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20230930082033-20230930112033-00186.warc.gz | 0.892441 | 209 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__35159775 | en | Bun Air's Power Bunny is a revolutionary Ground Power Unit built in the USA. Used for starting aircraft, avionics updates, maintenance power items and more, there is not a more economical and more powerful GPU. Call today for a quote!
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http://previous.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=150198§ionid=351020101 | 2017-04-28T11:58:55 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917122955.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031202-00023-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | 0.951115 | 280 | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-17__0__1907641 | en | Iran Majlis okays satellite activity
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The Iranian Parliament (Majlis) has ratified a bill requiring the government to enhance its efforts to design and launch satellites and satellite carriers.
On Monday, Iranian lawmakers voted in favor of Article 49 of a bill in the country's Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2011-2015), which will authorize the government to set up the infrastructure needed for the Islamic Republic's satellite projects, IRNA reported.
The new law reads, "Regarding the importance of space expertise and the attainment of related technologies, the government can take necessary action in order to meet the country's needs in the field of space."
The government has accordingly been required to develop relevant industries for the construction, testing, and launching of satellite systems, including satellites and their carriers and controllers.
Iran joined the club of countries with satellite launching expertise in 2009 with the launch of its domestically produced Omid satellite, which blasted into space on a carrier called the Safir.
The Omid is the third Iranian-made satellite to be sent into space. Russia launched Iran's first satellite in 2005. Three years later, another satellite, which had been jointly designed by Iran, China, and Thailand, was launched into orbit by China.
Tehran also plans to launch the country's first manned mission into space by 2019. | aerospace |
http://www.rfi.fr/en/americas/20110729-air-france-defends-pilots-after-rio-paris-flight-crash-report | 2020-04-08T16:01:06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-16/segments/1585371818008.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20200408135412-20200408165912-00129.warc.gz | 0.959627 | 392 | CC-MAIN-2020-16 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2020-16__0__69683478 | en | Air France defends pilots after Rio-Paris flight crash report
Air France denied its pilots were to blame for the 2009 crash of the Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, after a report released Friday said the crew had made a series of errors.
"Nothing at this stage can allow the crew's technical competence to be blamed" for the crash, the airline said in a statement.
The company claimed that the altitude-loss alert system failed to function properly.
The investigators from French aviation authority BEA said that the pilots made several, partly due to a lack of training, claiming that:
- They failed to react correctly when the Airbus jet lost altitude after its speed sensors froze and failed;
- They lacked training to deal with the sensors' failure;
- They "did not formally identify the loss of altitude", despite an alarm ringing for nearly a minute.
The BEA's report, the third on the crash, said the pilots failed to notice that the plane had lost altitude after its speed sensors, known as Pitots, malfunctioned.
Air France replaced the Pitots, manufactured by French company Thales, on its Airbus planes with a newer model after the crash.
Both Air France and Airbus are being investigated for alleged manslaughter in connection with the crash.
The BEA report is not an official attribution of blame, according to ministers.
"The BEA establishes the facts and makes recommendations based on those facts," Environment and Transport Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said on RTL radio Friday. "As to who is responsible, that is up to the courts."
But victims' families fear that big French corporations such as Airbus and Air France will have undue influence on the outcome.
"The economic stakes take precedence over the search for the truth," said Robert Soulas, leader of a victims' relatives' association.
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http://spacetravelfoundation.blogspot.fr/2014/07/amazing-night-selfie-of-curiosity-on.html | 2017-05-24T08:08:18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463607806.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170524074252-20170524094252-00001.warc.gz | 0.777172 | 188 | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2017-22__0__147601000 | en | The NASA rover, Curiosity is still exploring the land of the red planet, and it continue to take some pictures and panorama.
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https://www.spacepreneurmag.com/index.php/2023/09/10/nasas-europa-probe-gets-a-hotline-to-earth/ | 2024-04-17T12:01:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817153.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417110701-20240417140701-00218.warc.gz | 0.942963 | 1,267 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__195668989 | en | The addition of a high-gain antenna will enable the agency’s Europa Clipper spacecraft – set to launch in October 2024 – to communicate with mission controllers hundreds of millions of miles away. NASA’s Europa Clipper is designed to seek out conditions suitable for life on an ice-covered moon of Jupiter. On Aug. 14, the spacecraft received a piece of hardware central to that quest: the massive dish-shaped high-gain antenna.
Stretching 10 feet (3 meters) across the spacecraft’s body, the high-gain antenna is the largest and most prominent of a suite of antennas on Europa Clipper. The spacecraft will need it as it investigates the ice-cloaked moon that it’s named after, Europa, some 444 million miles (715 million kilometers) from Earth. A major mission goal is to learn more about the moon’s subsurface ocean, which might harbor a habitable environment.
Once the spacecraft reaches Jupiter, the antenna’s radio beam will be narrowly directed toward Earth. Creating that narrow, concentrated beam is what high-gain antennas are all about. The name refers to the antenna’s ability to focus power, allowing the spacecraft to transmit high-powered signals back to NASA’s Deep Space Network on Earth. That will mean a torrent of science data at a high rate of transmission.
The precision-engineered dish was attached to the spacecraft in carefully choreographed stages over the course of several hours in a Spacecraft Assembly Facility bay at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “The antenna has successfully completed all of its stand-alone testing,” said Matthew Bray a few days before the antenna was installed. “As the spacecraft completes its final testing, radio signals will be looped back through the antenna via a special cap, verifying that the telecom signal paths are functional.”
Based at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, Bray is the designer and lead engineer for the high-gain antenna, which he began working on 2014. It’s been quite a journey for Bray, and for the antenna.
Just over the past year, he’s seen the antenna crisscross the country in the lead-up to the installation. Its ability to beam data precisely was tested twice in 2022 at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Between those two visits, the antenna made a stop at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, for vibration and thermal vacuum testing to see if it could handle the shaking of launch and the extreme temperatures of outer space.
Then it was on to JPL in October 2022 for installation on the spacecraft in preparation for shipment next year to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The long journey to Jupiter begins with launch from Kennedy in October 2024.
Europa in Their Sights
“The high-gain antenna is a critical piece in the buildup of Europa Clipper,” said Jordan Evans, the Clipper project manager at JPL. “It represents a very visible piece of hardware that provides the capability that the spacecraft needs to send the science data back from Europa. Not only does it look like a spacecraft now that it has the big antenna, but it’s ready for its upcoming critical tests as we progress towards launch.”
The spacecraft will train nine science instruments on Europa, all producing large amounts of rich data: high-resolution color and stereo images to study its geology and surface; thermal images in infrared light to find warmer areas where water could be near the surface; reflected infrared light to map ices, salts, and organics; and ultraviolet light readings to help determine the makeup of atmospheric gases and surface materials.
Clipper will bounce ice-penetrating radar off the subsurface ocean to determine its depth, as well as the thickness of the ice crust above it. A magnetometer will measure the moon’s magnetic field to confirm the deep ocean’s existence and the thickness of the ice.
The high-gain antenna will stream most of that data back to Earth over the course of 33 to 52 minutes. The strength of the signal and the amount of data it can send at one time will be far greater than that of NASA’s Galileo probe, which ended its eight-year Jupiter mission in 2003.
On site at JPL for the antenna installation was Simmie Berman, the radio frequency module manager at APL. Like Bray, she began her work on the antenna in 2014. The radio frequency module includes the spacecraft’s entire telecommunications subsystem and a total of seven antennas, the high-gain among them. Her job during installation was to ensure the antenna was properly mounted to the spacecraft and that the components are correctly oriented and well integrated.
While the engineers at both APL and JPL have practiced the installation many times, virtually and with real-world mock-ups, Aug. 14 was the first time the high-gain antenna was attached to the spacecraft.
“I’ve never worked on anything of this magnitude, in terms of physical size and also in terms of just general interest,” she said. “Little kids know where Jupiter is. They know what Europa looks like. It’s supercool to get to work on something that has the potential for such a big impact, in terms of knowledge, for humanity.”
After completing this major milestone, Europa Clipper still has a few more steps and a few more tests ahead as it’s prepared for its trip to the outer solar system.
More about the Mission
Europa Clipper’s main science goal is to determine whether there are places below Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa that could support life. The mission’s three main science objectives are to determine the thickness of the moon’s icy shell and its surface interactions with the ocean below, to investigate its composition, and to characterize its geology. The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet.” | aerospace |
http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/news/workbench/spectacular-new-naval-fighter-in-148th-scale/ | 2018-08-16T23:36:57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-34/segments/1534221211316.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180816230727-20180817010727-00503.warc.gz | 0.958499 | 4,348 | CC-MAIN-2018-34 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-34__0__161043828 | en | Spectacular New Naval Fighter in 1/48th Scale
Welcome to the latest edition of Workbench and your regular update from the fascinating world of Airfix modelling. With the huge IPMS Scale ModelWorld Show at Telford just around the corner, many readers will be planning their latest visit to this fantastic show and probably looking forward to adding just a couple more models to the stash. With some of Britain’s most talented modellers showcasing their talents at the Telford International Centre, along with a huge array of exhibitors and suppliers at the show, there will certainly be no lack of modelling inspiration available within the packed halls at Telford, which is certainly the place to be over the weekend of 12th/13th November. We will have more details of our own plans for the show later in the blog.
With three spectacular new tooling announcements made in the previous three editions of Workbench and our attendance at the IPMS show at Telford only days away, you may well have thought that we would be holding off with any further modelling news in this latest edition. We are pleased to say that this is most definitely not the case and Workbench edition 32 will be announcing yet another magnificent new Airfix tooling project and the latest edition to our ever popular 1/48th scale range. It also marks one of the most capable aircraft of its type to ever fly with the Fleet Air Arm, with a number of examples still airworthy and regularly performing at Airshows – we think you are going to like this one.
Naval Air Power and the Modeller
There is something quite enigmatic about naval air power and the operation of aircraft at sea. It may be the fact that these aircraft were asked to operate in a particularly hostile environment, with even less room for error than their land based counterparts, or that it took a special breed of airman to fly from the heaving decks of aircraft carriers at sea. It could simply be the appealing colour schemes that were often applied to naval aircraft, but whatever the reason, naval aircraft always seem to hold a particular fascination for modellers and aviation enthusiasts alike.
The need for effective naval reconnaissance at sea saw aeroplanes being flown from the decks of ships relatively early in the development of manned, powered flight and by the time the First World War broke out, the Royal Naval Air Service had more aircraft available to them than the Royal Flying Corps. Although aviation developed at an astonishing rate during the Great War, it was the inter-war years that witnessed the most significant advances in naval aviation and the realisation that military thinking would have to change. The seemingly invincible capital warships of the world’s great navies proved to be extremely vulnerable to air attack and despite their imposing size and reputation, could be destroyed by a well placed bomb delivered by a relatively primitive aircraft. This would prove to be an unpalatable truth for many naval commanders, but the more pragmatic amongst them would quickly recognise the need to protect their ships, as the aeroplane would clearly play a significant role in any future conflict. Aircraft carriers and other adapted vessels were produced to both protect their naval fleets and to destroy enemy vessels, with ship-borne aircraft also required to fulfil numerous other roles, as the aeroplane at sea was now a vital component of any naval fighting force.
Hawker Aviation answers the Navy’s call
A catapult launched Hawker Hurricane on board a CAM merchant ship
Although winning the Battle of Britain was critical in allowing Great Britain to continue to oppose German forces during the early stages of the Second World War, there was another battle raging that would prove equally important to the outcome of the conflict. As an island nation, the supply of goods and materials was crucial to the survival of Britain and the regular Atlantic shipping convoys would bring cargo essential to the war effort. As British shipping losses began to mount, it became clear that the Royal Navy needed a fast, capable monoplane fighter that could be operated effectively at sea and protect vessels from aerial and U boat attack.
In the months following the Battle of Britain, the British fighter of the moment was undoubtedly the Supermarine Spitfire, but as all production was destined for the RAF who were desperate to replace the losses suffered during the Battle, the Navy would not be offered this fighter. Even though other aircraft were favoured by the Navy, such as the American Wildcat, the venerable Hawker Hurricane was selected for the task and once again this superbly versatile aircraft answered its country’s call. Initially operating from rocket powered catapults mounted on specially modified merchant vessels, all the early naval Hurricanes were refurbished, war weary RAF machines, but they provided the convoys with invaluable aerial support in the battle against Axis raiders.
Having proved itself during the savage dogfighting of the Battle of Britain, the Hawker Hurricane would also make a valuable contribution in protecting the vital sea lanes from German attack, both above and below the water. Modified with the addition of catapult spools and a fuselage mounted arrester hook, Sea Hurricanes would be embarked aboard Britain’s diminutive aircraft carriers from mid 1941.
The ultimate Fleet Air Arm piston engined fighter – the Hawker Sea Fury
From these tentative first steps at producing an effective, if makeshift naval fighter, Hawker Aviation would go on to produce Britain’s most potent piston engined carrier based interceptor and arguably the best aircraft of its type ever to take to the skies. The magnificent Hawker Sea Fury can trace its development back to the inadvertent landing of a German Focke Wulf FW 190 at an RAF airfield in South Wales back in 1942. The opportunity to evaluate this latest Luftwaffe fighter resulted in requirements being issued for a new British design, which must have the performance to better the Focke Wulf in every phase of flight and ensure the RAF could secure air superiority in the skies above Europe. The protracted development of the new fighter resulted in a number of specification alterations and the RAF eventually withdrawing their interest, leaving the new aircraft to be produced as a high performance naval fighter. The Hawker Sea Fury was an extremely potent aircraft and handling this powerful machine from the deck of a moving aircraft carrier must have required nerves of steel. The first deck landing trials commenced in the winter of 1946, providing the Royal Navy with their ultimate piston engined fighter. Despite the advent of the jet engine, the Sea Fury would remain as the Fleet Air Arms principle single seat fighter until 1953, when it would be replaced by the jet powered Hawker Sea Hawk. The aircraft also saw service with a number of overseas air arms, in a variety of operational roles, including strike fighter, trainer and high speed target towing. As one of the most capable piston engined fighters ever produced, the Sea Fury would also become a popular aircraft in the world of air racing, where the brute power and sheer speed of this magnificent aircraft saw it victorious in countless competitions.
Airfix Hawker Sea Fury FB.II in 1/48th scale
Sea Fury research trip image montage
For many modellers around the world, news that Airfix will be producing a new Hawker Sea Fury FB.II in 1/48th scale will come as a welcome surprise and they will very much be looking forward to adding this iconic aircraft to their future build schedules. As arguably the most capable piston engined fighter aircraft ever produced and certainly the last to see service with the Fleet Air Arm, the Sea Fury marks a period in aviation history where propeller powered aviation finally gave way to the jet engine. Indeed, the Sea Fury was to see action against the early jet fighters, where it acquitted itself extremely well, but illustrated how the day of the piston fighter was over, despite this superb aircraft being very much the pinnacle of piston engined fighter design.
As the Sea Fury holds such a significant place in the history of the Fleet Air Arm, it is no wonder that the aircraft continues to enjoy great popularity amongst enthusiasts and modellers. The news that this attractive aircraft will soon be part of the 1/48th scale Airfix range will also bring the Sea Fury to a larger modelling audience and ensure that this enigmatic fleet fighter becomes even more popular. With potentially airworthy examples at Yeovilton with the Royal Naval Historic Flight and Duxford with the Fighter Collection, the thrill of seeing a Sea Fury flying at future Airshow events around the country will surly see this new kit on the workbenches of many a modeller and we can be certain that the Airfix design team will be bringing us a highly detailed and extremely accurate new kit.
Additional photographic references used on the Airfix Sea Fury project
The new Sea Fury is a significant project for the Airfix team and as we have discussed many times in our previous blogs, each step of the design process will require all of their skill and experience to be brought to bear. The critical first stage in any new tooling project is to secure as much research data as can be obtained, which can come from a multitude of different sources, with accuracy and authenticity being of paramount importance. Along with the many drawings, reference books and photographs already secured, the designers were able to call upon highly accurate LIDAR scan data on the Sea Fury project, which will ensure that they have extremely accurate information from which to build their all important base model files.
A LIDAR scan uses light from a laser to accurately map the surface of the subject aircraft in three dimensions, by analysing the light reflected from the scanned object. The scan produces a high definition 3D computer map of the aircraft which can help the Airfix designers when creating their base model files. The raw scan data is used as a trace for the base model, with the designers creating their own surface detail, ignoring any inaccuracies in the scan. This vital and highly complex work also has to take into account the fact that they are creating a construction kit and the manufacturing processes required to produce it. Years of experience and an eye for detail are essential in this fascinating stage in the creation of any new model tooling.
LIDAR scan data from the new 1/48th scale Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll
The scan data is extremely accurate but requires work to clean up the data
The ability to obtain scanned data is not quite as straight forward as it may seem. The laser scanner will need to be placed around the subject aircraft in as many as 40 or 50 separate positions, both on the ground and from a raised position, so that the best possible coverage can be achieved. In many cases, although a suitable aircraft may be available for scanning, its position within a museum and the close proximity of other display items could make it impossible for an accurate scan to be obtained. In these instances, the design team will have to rely on other research information to provide the detailed information they required. Where a LIDAR scan is possible, the positioned scanner rotates on its mounting sweeping the area with a laser, which will be constantly taking reflected beam measurements throughout the scanning process. As many as 5 million points can be mapped in each sweep, producing a 3D image file containing exceptional amounts of fine detail and even capable of picking up different layers of paint on the aircraft!
The scanned data is still quite raw at this stage and will need to be cleaned up, using a specialised piece of computer software. The individual scans are stitched together, cleaning out all unwanted material which may also have been captured during the scanning process. This could include clutter in the immediate scan area, bystanders or errors caused by reflective and refractive surfaces such as nearby glass and mirrors. Importantly, this type of scan produces an image file of the exterior of the aircraft and although this is incredibly accurate it is only used as a design trace in the production of a base model file, leaving the Airfix designers much work to do.
A selection of base model computer screen grab images from the Sea Fury project
Thankfully, with an aircraft as important as the Sea Fury, the design team also had the opportunity to photograph preserved examples of the aeroplane at a number of museums around the country. In conjunction with all the other research data, these images allowed them to check the complex curves and shapes associated with the Sea Fury and to obtain visual references for even the smallest components used in its construction. All this information will assist the lead design engineer on the project to create a working CAD base model, from which every aspect of the design can be checked and re-checked, before using these files as a reference for all the many design processes to follow.
The Airfix team are extremely grateful to the Fleet Air Arm Museum, who arranged for our designer to make repeated research visits to Yeovilton and have unprecedented access to their magnificent Sea Fury. Able to inspect every aspect of the aircraft, these visits ensured that the new model would be a highly accurate representation of the Sea Fury and proved vital to the success of the project. We are extremely grateful to the Fleet Air Arm Museum for their help and can wholeheartedly recommend a visit to this magnificent museum.
We all love our computer rendered 3D model images
The new model tooling pictures that Workbench readers really love to see are the appealing computer rendered 3D images that help to give us all an idea of what these new models are going to look like. Requiring the skill and dexterity of the Airfix designers to produce, these images are another feature of the powerful software available to the design team and another important step in the development of any new model. As we have seen many times over the past few months, the relatively early announcement of new model toolings means that these computer rendered 3D images are now used extensively in the Airfix catalogue, on the website product listings and to inform Workbench readers about these latest models. Although requiring some significant effort to produce, they do allow the designers to effectively show the impressive levels of detail incorporated into the new model tooling and get us all a little excited about these future projects. They also allow them to show many of the design features, surface detail and alternative parts to be included in the new kit and give us all a good idea of what the finished model might look like on our display shelves.
The new Hawker Sea Fury FB.II is already looking like a spectacular addition to the growing 1/48th scale kit range and this ultimate piston engined fighter will surely go on to become one of the most popular models in the Airfix range. As we know you love to see as many of the computer rendered 3D images as possible, please enjoy this impressive selection and prepare for Sea Fury heaven.
A selection of fantastic computer rendered 3D CAD images from the new 1/48th scale Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll project
The fantastic new 1/48th Scale Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll (A06105) will feature the impressive detail levels associated with this slightly larger scale of model and will incorporate a number of interesting build options for the modeller to consider. Along with the usual flying and static model configurations available to modellers, the new Sea Fury kit will include the option to have the wings folded for ease of operation on board an aircraft carrier, a feature unique to naval aircraft. The rigors of operation from carrier decks dictated that many naval aircraft were almost over engineered, with components required to be much tougher than would usually be the case with land based aircraft. The use of extremely robust undercarriage legs, arrester hooks and catapult spools were all features of naval aircraft, all of which have been faithfully reproduced on this beautiful kit.
This head on view of the Sea Fury shows how its development was linked to the Focke Wulf Fw 190
The classic profile of the Hawker Sea Fury FB.II
From the computer rendered 3D images shown above, you will also notice that the Sea Fury kit also includes a variety of stores options to be fitted to the model, allowing some extremely interesting models to be built. To supplement the effective 20mm cannon armament of the interceptor variant of the aircraft, the Sea Fury could also be used in a ground attack role and was able to carry up to 2,000lb of bombs, or a maximum of twelve 3-inch rocket projectiles. It could also carry a pair of 90 gallon drop tanks, or an underwing camera pod when employed on photographic reconnaissance duties, all of which are available with this impressive new kit. Perhaps the most interesting part option is the inclusion of a Jet Assisted Take Off (JATO) pack, which was attached the underside of the rear fuselage and provided a welcome thrust boost for heavily armed Sea Furys trying to take off from the relatively short decks of British Aircraft carriers. All these interesting stores options will be included with the release of this kit.
The beautiful Hawker Sea Fury will be a popular addition to the growing 1/48th scale range
The fantastic new 1/48th scale Hawker Sea Fury FB.ll is currently scheduled to be released in September 2017 and is available to pre-order now - we very much look forward to bringing you regular updates on the project over the coming weeks, including confirmation of the livery options to be included with the kit.
Countdown to Telford
With just one week to go until the Scale ModelWorld show at Telford, the Airfix team are finalising their plans and looking forward to meeting lots of Workbench readers over the weekend of 12th/13th November. If you are intending to visit the show, please do come and say hello to the team and don’t forget to mention that you are a Workbench reader – you could even make some suggestions on what you would like to see featured in future editions. As we confirmed in our previous blog, we will have a sizeable make and paint area available for modellers of all ages and the Airfix stand will be full of interesting model builds, prototype models and other Airfix delights. The Airfix team will also be there in some strength, allowing visitors the opportunity to speak to some of the people behind the fantastic models we feature in our Workbench blog. Importantly, we will be announcing a new model tooling at the show and one which will certainly cause something of a stir – there will be prototype examples displayed on the stand and you don’t have long to wait now. For readers who are unable to make the show, we will include a full review in a future edition of Workbench and try to give you a flavour of the unique atmosphere at this spectacular annual modelling experience. For those who will be at Telford, we very much look forward to meeting you there.
BREAKING TELFORD NEWS!
In support of our new model tooling announcement at Telford, both our lead researcher and the lead design engineer on the model project will be giving a talk on Sunday 13th November at the show. Without wanting to give too much away at this stage, we think our announcement will be very well received by modellers all over the world and it will be fascinating to hear details of how this iconic aircraft was turned into a highly accurate model kit, by the men responsible for doing it. Please speak to any of the Airfix team members on the stand at Telford for the latest details on how you can attend the talk – don’t miss out.
Unfortunately, that is all we have for you in this latest edition of Airfix Workbench. We are really spoiling you with all these new tooling announcements at the moment and you already know that the next edition will include yet more new model information. As we head towards the end of 2016, it is already looking like next year is going to be a significant one for Airfix modellers, with the new Hawker Sea Fury joining an impressive line up of new model toolings. If there is anything you would like to see covered in a future edition of Workbench or you would like to send us pictures of your latest model build project, please do drop us a line with your suggestion to email@example.com.
There are now many ways for our readers to get involved in all the latest Airfix modelling chat and sharing ideas with other modellers. You can always e-mail us directly by using our firstname.lastname@example.org address, or there is our dedicated Workbench thread on the Airfix Forum. If social media is more your style, you could either access the Airfix Facebook page or our Twitter channel, using #airfixworkbench. Whichever medium you decide to use, please do get in touch with us, as it is always great to hear from fellow modellers.
Don’t forget that all the very latest model release information can be found by checking the New Arrivals and Back in Stock sections of the Airfix website, which can be accessed by clicking the shop section at the top of the webpage. As work on the website is a constant process, a quick search through all the Airfix web pages will usually reveal new information and updated images in many of the product sections, so this is always a rewarding way to spend a few minutes.
Until next time, we hope to see many of you at the Telford Scale ModelWorld Show and unveiling our latest new tooling announcement.
The Airfix Workbench Team
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https://floridatrend.com/article/29954/vt-mae-turns-to-george-stone-technical-college-to-meet-demand-for-workers | 2023-10-01T13:25:09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510888.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20231001105617-20231001135617-00288.warc.gz | 0.955202 | 411 | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-40__0__223743379 | en | VT MAE turns to George Stone Technical College to meet demand for workers
VT MAE turns to a local technical college to meet its demand for workers.
ST Engineering Aerospace decided to build a large repair facility in Pensacola largely because so many ex-military personnel with aircraft maintenance experience live in the area.
But while the pool of experienced veterans created the initial backbone of the Singapore-based company’s Pensacola workforce, the company still needed more workers. VT MAE, the aircraft maintenance subsidiary of ST Engineering Aerospace, turned to Pensacola’s George Stone Technical College to augment its supply of skilled aircraft technicians.
The school delivered, quickly ramping up its training programs for FAA-certified aircraft technicians. “Our partnership with George Stone Technical College is a good one,” says Bill Hafner, president of VT MAE. “We visit them and engage with their trainers quite often. To date we’ve hired on average about 50% of their graduates.”
George Stone is certified by the FAA to train up to 75 students a year. Hafner says the college is on track to reach that number this fall. Those graduates can expect to enter a job market where the demand is high.
“There are tremendous opportunities out there for aircraft mechanics right now,” says Hafner.
Hafner says VT MAE, which works on large commercial aircraft manufactured by Boeing and Airbus, expects to keep George Stone busy over the next decade.
The company is in the final design phase of building a second large maintenance hangar on Pensacola International Airport property. Hafner says that project is expected to break ground by the second quarter of 2021.
A third and fourth hangar to be built over the next several years will provide VT MAE with more than 700,000 square feet. The company expects to ultimately employ up to 1,400 technicians.
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BEIJING — Images sent back from China's Chang'e-4 show that the first-ever probe to soft-land on moon's far side is surrounded by lots of craters of different sizes, which pose a great challenge for future exploration of the lunar rover Yutu-2.
The probe, comprised of a lander and a rover, touched down at the preselected landing area at 177.6 degrees east longitude and 45.5 degrees south latitude in the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) Basin on the far side of the moon on Jan 3.
From the panorama, we can see the probe is surrounded by lots of small craters, which was really thrilling
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The China National Space Administration (CNSA) Friday unveiled several images taken by the Chang'e-4 probe transmitted back via the relay satellite Queqiao (Magpie Bridge).
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One of the published images is a 360-degree panorama which was pieced together from 80 photos taken by a camera on the lander after the rover drove onto the lunar surface, according to Li Chunlai, deputy director of the National Astronomical Observatories of China and commander-in-chief of the ground application system of Chang'e-4.
"From the panorama, we can see the probe is surrounded by lots of small craters, which was really thrilling," said Li.
One of the craters close to the rover Yutu-2 has a diameter of about 20 meters and a depth of about 4 meters. The rugged terrain will pose great challenges for planning the route of the rover, said Li.
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Compared with the landing site of Chang'e-3, which was sent to the Sinus Iridum, or the Bay of Rainbows, on the moon's near side, fewer rocks can be found in the area surrounding Chang'e-4, indicating the landing area of Chang'e-4 might be older, said Li.
He said the Chang'e-4 landed at an altitude of nearly minus 6,000 meters. The deepest region on the moon, where there is an altitude of minus 9,100 meters, is about 700 kilometers to the south of the probe.
"The information from the depths of the moon will be one of our focuses in the exploration," said Li.
This photo provided by the China National Space Administration on Jan 11, 2019, captures a rectangular projection of the terrains and landform surrounding of Chang'e-4. (PHOTO / XINHUA)
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https://www.kxan36news.com/the-foreign-ministry-criticized-the-state-department-message-on-the-day-of-cosmonautics | 2022-08-16T10:59:21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00429.warc.gz | 0.941186 | 211 | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-33__0__124924063 | en | MOSCOW, 12 APR – RIA Novosti. The message of the state Department on the International day of human flight into space with no mention of Yuri Gagarin — is disinformation and sneaky technique of the era of postpreda, the foreign Ministry said.
Earlier on the Russian page of the American foreign Ministry about:blank came the congratulations with International day of human flight into space, which is celebrated annually on 12 April. The report said that “59 years ago, was made the first human flight to space.”
“we Remind our colleagues from the state Department that the first man in space was the Soviet cosmonaut, his name is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin,” — said the publication of the foreign Ministry in Facebook.
In Russia, 12 April Cosmonautics Day set in 1962 in honor of the world’s first manned flight into space, accomplished by Yuri Gagarin on the spacecraft “Vostok” April 12, 1961. | aerospace |
http://www.nevadaiowajournal.com/news/20170518/roger-deal-is-nevada8217s-honorary-parade-marshal-this-year | 2018-07-23T11:27:00 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676596336.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20180723110342-20180723130342-00208.warc.gz | 0.983724 | 386 | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-30__0__219146179 | en | This year the Patriotic Council has chosen Roger Deal as the Honorary Parade Marshal for the Memorial Day observance.
Roger was born in Nevada, where he attended Milford and Nevada schools. His family moved to Ames, and he graduated from Ames High School in 1951. Following school, he worked briefly with the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
On Nov. 19, 1951, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was trained as an aviation structural mechanic. He spent time maintaining the helicopters first at Helicopter Anti Submarine Squadron 3 in Weeksville, N.C., and then at Ellyson Naval Air Facility in Pensacola, Fla. While in Florida, he learned to fly helicopters. He was discharged from the Navy on November 18, 1955.
He learned he had skills that the military needed, and enlisted in the Air Force on December 12, 1955. His first assignment was with the 13th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of Sioux City. He was next assigned to Libya and then Saudi Arabia.
Roger worked in Air Force recruiting from April 1965 to August 1968. In March of 1969, his recruiting days were over and he was transferred to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. While in Vietnam, Roger supervised on-the-job training programs at the bases in Cam Ranh Bay, Vung Tau and Nha Trang, Upon completing his time in Vietnam, Roger was assigned to Edwards Air Force base in California, where he supervised the Ground Training program for the base. He retired from the Air Force January 1, 1972.
Roger holds several military decorations, including the Bronze Star, Air Force Commendation and Vietnam Service Medal.
Roger married the former Margaret Patterson. They have one daughter, two grandsons and two great-grandsons. He and Margaret were married for 46 years before her death in 2004. He is currently active in the American Legion and various community activities. | aerospace |
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/api/records/ed255306-ad17-4c8c-a85c-4f49486d77e0 | 2024-04-16T07:10:42 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817073.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20240416062523-20240416092523-00822.warc.gz | 0.785737 | 553 | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-18__0__16797011 | en | This dataset contains hotspot point data, derived from satellite-born instruments that detect light in the thermal wavelengths found on the Digital Earth Australia Hotspots application. Typically, satellite data are processed with a specific algorithm that highlights areas with an unusually high temperature. Hotspot sources include the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Terra and Aqua satellites, the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) night time imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi- NPP satellite. Please note: As these data are stored on a Corporate system, we are only able to supply the web services (see download links).
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Emergency management agencies use Sentinel Hotspots as one of many operational data feeds to inform their broad situational awareness of, and at times tactical response to, fires.
Hotspots data acquisition and processing are described below:
Data acquisition: Satellite telemetry data is received at the Geoscience Australia data acquisition facility ground station at Alice Springs and processed to produce a level 0 (MODIS), NOAA HDF file (AVHRR) and Raw Data Record (VIIRS) datasets. These datasets are then transferred via a network link to Canberra for further processing.
Data processing: Currently MODIS and AVHRR night time data are processed using MOD14/MYD14 and CATS respectively to produce Hotspots. VIIRS data are processed using the VIIRS SDR algorithm (Baker et al., 2011). Hotspot pixels are identified and extracted from the image into an ASCII file, and are saved in the Geoscience Australia Reference Hotspot database (http://files.sentinel.ga.gov.au/?prefix=historic/). The Reference database provides a complete and on-going record of Geoscience Australia’s Hotspots product.
The hotspot location on any map (no matter how detailed) is only accurate at best to 1.5 km. Please see the Extent/geographical bounding box for spatial scale. | aerospace |
https://newspeakonline.com/imagine-passenger-tries-to-get-off-plane-mid-air/ | 2022-09-30T21:50:17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335504.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930212504-20221001002504-00413.warc.gz | 0.973313 | 135 | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2022-40__0__28087125 | en | A ‘drunken passenger’ tried to get off the plane in mid-air during a British Airways flight from London to Orlando. The plane was then forced to make an emergency landing in Boston.
Eyewitnesses claim the man began to wander around the Boeing 777 before asking cabin crew if he could get off the plane after it departed Gatwick Airport last night.
Air stewards had to keep him seated and the pilot even went down to speak to him, before deciding to divert the Florida-bound BA2039 flight to Boston, Massachusetts.
When the plane landed, the 24-year-old Glaswegian was arrested by U.S. officers. | aerospace |
https://astrowhat.com/threads/stsci-appoints-new-mission-head-for-the-james-webb-space-telescope.990/ | 2021-10-16T18:23:37 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323584913.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20211016170013-20211016200013-00712.warc.gz | 0.962778 | 157 | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-43__0__161044688 | en | Space Telescope Science
The Space Telescope Science Institute has appointed Dr. Massimo Stiavelli as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mission Head. Stiavelli will be responsible for the development and operations of the JWST Science and Operations Center at STScI. He has been acting JWST Mission Head since January 2012. The largest space observatory ever developed, JWST is scheduled for launch in 2018. Stiavelli succeeds Dr. Kathy Flanagan, who was appointed the Institute's Deputy Director in October 2012. Stiavelli has worked at the Institute for over 17 years. His many positions at the Institute include instrument scientist for three Hubble cameras. Stiavelli has been working on the JWST project since 1996. | aerospace |
http://www.maf-papuanewguinea.org/ | 2018-06-21T04:40:52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-26/segments/1529267864022.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20180621040124-20180621060124-00146.warc.gz | 0.937039 | 404 | CC-MAIN-2018-26 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2018-26__0__127183936 | en | Giving Women a Voice
MAF relief pilot Rick Velvin shares another encounter where God used him to be a catalyst giving PNG women a voice and have
Well, this isn’t going to work!
Being a mission pilot these days in Papua New Guinea isn’t that much about flying missionaries. The number of missionaries
Meeting Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Needs. Part 2
On Thursday, the 23rd of May, the Twin Otter P2-MFT did a charter flight from Mt Hagen to Mougulu to transport a sawmill
Mission Aviation Fellowship is an international Christian organisation whose mission is to fly light aircraft and to use other technology to bring help and hope to people in some of the world’s most isolated communities. Every four minutes a MAF plane is taking off or landing somewhere in the world to assist missions, churches, aid and development agencies, and other local groups to transform lives and share the love of God.
MAF has operated in Papua New Guinea continuously since 1951, serving remote communities through aviation. Using three different types of aircraft we are able to overcome the physical barriers that prevent people in Papua New Guinea from having access to healthcare, education, safe water and the Gospel, helping to bring physical and spiritual healing to the isolated people of this country. We serve the local communities, local church groups, missionaries, NGOs, development and relief agencies, and government departments who are working to change the lives of those living in remote areas.
Our vision is to see isolated people physically and spiritually transformed in Christ’s name by sharing God’s love through aviation and technology.
What started off as the dream of a couple of Christian airforce pilots is now a global movement with around 135 aircraft serving in over 26 countries worldwide.
Every four minutes a MAF plane is taking off or landing somewhere in the world to assist missions, churches, aid and development agencies, and other local groups to transform lives and share the love of God. | aerospace |
https://www.htl-ried.at/?seite=news-eintraege1&sprache=DE&inhaltID=497 | 2024-02-24T07:03:13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474523.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20240224044749-20240224074749-00081.warc.gz | 0.934298 | 205 | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2024-10__0__210113893 | en | On 20th December 2017 David Kauran, program engineer at FACC, one of HTL RIED’s main sponsor companies, visited the school to deliver a sophisticated English lecture to our year-3 students on the basics of aviation. Students learned about the history of aeronautics, the principles of aviation (lift, drag, thrust, etc.), as well as how an aircraft is steered. Furthermore Mr Kauran talked about past and current airplanes and their main components, especially the ones engineered and produced by FACC. In this context he provided an insight into his daily routine at the company and talked about the diverse tasks he is responsible for.
As HTL RIED is dedicated to promoting content-and-language-integrated learning (CLIL; Englisch als Arbeitssprache) in years 3, 4 and 5, Mr Kauran’s English presentation fitted the concept perfectly: students learned about aviation while at the same time picking up new English vocabulary. | aerospace |
https://www.usapatriotism.org/videos/tv/mil037.htm | 2023-04-01T00:20:33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949694.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20230401001704-20230401031704-00326.warc.gz | 0.924624 | 103 | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2023-14__0__128291939 | en | October 2016 - Southern Strike is a total force, multi-service training exercise hosted by the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss. The exercise emphasizes air-to-air, air-to-ground and special operations forces training opportunities. These events are integrated into demanding hostile and asymmetric scenarios with actions from specialized ground forces and combat and mobility air forces.
U.S. Air Force video by Tech Sgt. Micah Theurich Video edited by USA Patriotism! | aerospace |
https://www.metalguitarist.org/threads/nasas-epoxi-spacecraft-snaps-close-up-images-of-hartley-2-comet.27099/ | 2021-04-15T02:56:11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-17/segments/1618038082988.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20210415005811-20210415035811-00414.warc.gz | 0.929996 | 168 | CC-MAIN-2021-17 | webtext-fineweb__CC-MAIN-2021-17__0__264577197 | en | Spacecraft snaps close-up images of comet - CNN.com
It's about two kilometers wide, and NASA took these pics from 700 kilometers away.CNN) -- A spacecraft survived the closest encounter ever with a comet on Thursday, tracking it just 435 miles from the comet's nucleus.
Mission control at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, broadcast live coverage of the event on NASA Television's Media Channel. Controllers broke into applause after hearing of the success.
The agency's EPOXI Deep Impact spacecraft was expected to use two imagers and an infrared instrument to acquire data about a tiny comet named Hartley 2 as it traveled at speeds of more than 27,000 miles per hour.
Scientists are still working to determine whether there was any damage to the spacecraft as the peanut-shaped comet passed by. | aerospace |
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