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March 08, 2013

NASA On Course To Launch Orion Flight Test

First Unmanned Flight Planned For September Of Next Year

The first spacecraft NASA has designed to fly astronauts beyond Earth orbit since the Apollo era is well on its way to making a flight test next year, agency officials said Wednesday. The mission is planned for launch in September 2014, and will see an Orion capsule orbit Earth without a crew and return through the atmosphere at speeds unseen since astronauts last returned from the moon in 1972.

Charity Event Raises Funds To Support U.S. STEM Students

Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) Spring Auction of Astronaut Experiences & Memorabilia opened at 0900 Thursday and will run through 2000 EDT March 15. The online charity auction features seven astronaut-accompanied adventures as well as 36 lots of rare, flown-in-space and autographed collectibles.

Also: Sikorsky Sales, Pipistrel Chooses Dynon, New RR M250 Engine, New TBO For PW206/207, Turbine Bell 47s, Heli-Expo 2013

The National Transportation Safety Board released an interim factual report and 499 pages of related documents in its ongoing investigation of the Japan Airlines 787 battery fire in Boston. Additionally, NTSB Chairman Deborah A.P. Hersman announced today that the NTSB will be holding both a forum and a hearing in April to provide additional information to advance the investigation. On Tuesday we reported the story of retired American captain Bill Harrelson and his plans for a circum-polar flight in his homebuilt Lancair IV. To test the aircraft he set out n a 7,000 mile test flight from Guam to Jacksonville, FL and it appears he succeeded in setting a new wo