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February 05, 2013

NASA, ATK Complete Second Key Avionics And Controls Test For SLS Booster

ATK Says It Has Designed Affordability Into New Avionics Subsystem

The second in a series of development tests for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) booster program was completed by NASA and ATK on January 30 at ATK's Promontory, Utah, test facility. This key avionics and controls test was designated Flight Control Test 2 (FCT-2) and included a "hot fire" of the fully integrated heritage thrust vector control (TVC), the new SLS booster avionics subsystem and new electronic support equipment (ESE).

Ten-Million-Year-Old Star Could Still Create 50 Jupiter-Sized Planets

A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may in fact be creating new worlds. The disk of material surrounding the surprising star called TW Hydrae may be massive enough to make even more planets than we have in our own solar system. The findings were made using the European Space Agency's Herschel Space Telescope, a mission in which NASA is a participant.

Also: Airbus, Dynon, Hang-Glider and BASE Jumpers, Corporate Angels, Julie Clark... and More!

If Congress fails to do its job and the USA goes over the financial cliff, fans of the Navy's Blue Angels may wind up singing "Bye, Bye, Birdie!" The Blue Angels have scheduled more than 30 events for the second half of 2013, and they may not fly any of them if automatic budget cuts go into effect due to sequestration. Hawker Beechcraft said in a statement Friday that Judge Stuart M. Bernstein has approved its entire Joint Plan of Reorganization, paving the way for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 protection. The National Aeronautic Association has released the nominees for the prestigious 2012 Collier Trophy, the "Greatest Award in Aviation." The award is