Spacewalk Concludes After Commercial Crew Port Installation

Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams and Flight Engineer Kate Rubins concluded their spacewalk at 2:02 EDT, Friday. During the five-hour and 58-minute spacewalk, the two NASA astronauts successfully installed the first of two international docking adapters (IDAs). The IDAs will be used for the future arrivals of Boeing and SpaceX commercial crew spacecraft in development under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Commercial crew flights from Florida’s Space Coast to the International Space Station will restore America’s human launch capability and increase the time U.S. crews can dedicate to scientific research, which is helping prepare astronauts for deep space missions, including the journey to M

Signal Traveled Some 886 Million Miles

An ESA tracking station has acquired signals from the international Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, across more than 1.4 billion km (approx. 886 million miles) of space.

Jeppesen Teams With China Eastern With FliteDeck Pro, Other Digital Solutions

The Civil Aviation Administration of China recently granted authorization to China Eastern Airlines to operate in a fully digital capacity, using Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro as part of its electronic flight bag (EFB) solution. Jeppesen teamed with China Eastern to gain the milestone authorization, as China Eastern is the first airline in China to achieve paperless operating status.

In-Orbit Autonomous Assembly Makes For A More Capable Spacecraft

The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbit.

Makes Articles And Peer-Reviewed Journals Available To The General Public

Public access to NASA-funded research data now is just a click away, with the launch of a new agency public access portal. The creation of the NASA-Funded Research Results portal on NASA.gov reflects the agency's ongoing commitment to providing broad public access to science data.

Will Be Focused On Growing Private Charter Business

Silver Air, the California-based private jet management and charter operator, has hired Doug Weiner to the new position of vice president of business development focusing on charter sales and service.

Trans States Airlines Has Launched The Navigation App From Lufthansa Systems

Trans States Airlines successfully implemented Lido/mPilot this spring, placing the regional carrier among the first in North America to deploy the mobile navigation solution from Lufthansa Systems.

BSN, NASA Collaborate Exclusively On Solution For Orthostatic Intolerance Following Long-Duration Spaceflight

One of the side effects of long-duration space flight is a condition called post-spaceflight orthostatic intolerance -- the inability to stand upright without experiencing a rapid heart rate, low blood pressure (hypotension), lightheadedness or feeling faint upon return to Earth's gravity.

Has Developed A New Military Drone Battery Solution

Baker Aviation, in affiliation with Industrial Energy Products (IEP) has developed a drone battery containment kit for the military.

Fuel Remaining A phrase used by either pilots or controllers when relating to the fuel remaining on board until actual fuel exhaustion. When transmitting such information in response to either a controller question or pilot initiated cautionary advisory to air traffic control, pilots will state the APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF MINUTES the flight can continue with the fuel remaining. All reserve fuel SHOULD BE INCLUDED in the time stated, as should an allowance for established fuel gauge system error.

Aero Linx: National EMS Pilots Association (NEMSPA) The National EMS Pilots Association is a professional organization dedicated to serving pilots involved in the air-medical transport industry, and to improving the quality and safety of those services. Formed in 1984, NEMSPA helps EMS helicopter and fixed-wing pilots to keep abreast of current industry issues, thereby contributing to each flight program that has NEMSPA members. Members of NEMSPA know that their interests are served through the Association's commitment to improve safety, facilitate continuing education, increase communication, and to advance the quality of service of the nationwide Air Medical Transport industry.

“The ability to autonomously rendezvous and dock CubeSats could enable in-orbit assembly of larger structures that simply would not be possible in any other way. Think for instance of constructing a very large telescope mirror or radio antenna for astronomy out of separate CubeSat segments, getting around size limitations set by our rocket fairings.” Source: Roger Walker, overseeing ESA’s technology CubeSats. The miniature satellites known as CubeSats already play a variety of roles in space. In future they could also serve as the building blocks of other, larger missions by being docked together in orbit.