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February 16, 2015

Airborne 02.16.15: FAA Proposes UAV Regs, Red Bull Races!, Enstrom TH180 Flies

Also: Another Fly-In Postponed, Drone Prize, Emergency iPad Use, TransAsia Pilots Fail Test, Laser Attacks

During a special press briefing held yesterday morning, the FAA announced the proposed framework for new regulations that will address the operation of unmanned aerial systems. This briefing was an overview of the proposed regulation and did not detail the exact wording that will appear in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. After a 2014 season they’d like to forget, two American pilots, Kirby Chambliss and Michael Goulian, came into the season opener of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship in Abu Dhabi eager for the winds of change. And, in fact, the winds over the Arabian Gulf wreaked havoc with the field in Friday’s Qualifying, leaving Chambliss with the f

Four Space Shuttle Astronauts Selected For 2015 U.S. Astronaut Hall Of Fame

2015 Marks Historic 25th Anniversary For The Hall Of Fame

On Saturday, May 30, 2015, four space shuttle astronauts will be inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame during a public ceremony held at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Space Shuttle Atlantis  attraction: John Grunsfeld, Ph. D., Steven Lindsey, Kent Rominger, and M. Rhea Seddon, M.D.  

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NASA's Curiosity Analyzing Sample Of Martian Mountain

Preliminary Results Suggest Acidic Ancient Conditions

The second bite of a Martian mountain taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover hints at long-ago effects of water that was more acidic than any evidenced in the rover's first taste of Mount Sharp, a layered rock record of ancient Martian environments.

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