American Eagle Bombardier CRJ900 Evacuates In Augusta Due To Cabin Haze

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 12:37

An incident has surfaced involving a regional American Eagle flight in which the aircraft cabin was filled with haze upon landing. Any indication of a possible fire inside an aircraft can be extremely dangerous, and the American Eagle flight was promptly evacuated. Thankfully, no passenger injuries were reported.

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 12:00
The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

FAA's Air Traffic Controller "Hiring Supercharge" Sees 10,000 Applicants

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:58

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has updated on its efforts to quickly hire air traffic controllers (ATC) in the United States, with the current Acting Administrator detailing that out of around 10,000 applicants, between 7,500 and more than 8,300 were referred to testing to proceed with the hiring process.

No Fooling: Emirates Is Quite Serious About New VIPackage Delivery Service

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:25

When Emirates revealed yesterday that it would be branching out into the field of package delivery, many assumed that it was little more than a harmless April Fool's joke. After all, the UAE flag carrier did so with a rather implausible photograph depicting one of its Airbus A380s parked on a suburban street. However, the airline has since revealed that its announcement had more than an element of truth.

Northern Lights in Mexico? Low-latitudes may be more vulnerable than expected to geomagnetic storms

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 11:00
Mother's Day 2024 heralded Mexico's most powerful geomagnetic storm in two decades. Here's why scientists say this is something to track.

Frontier Airlines Passenger Kicked Off Flight For Wearing Cardiac Defibrillator

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 09:43

While passengers with special needs, such as those traveling with medical devices, often have incident-free flights, occasionally, this could create issues with airline staff for various reasons. Recently, a passenger was asked to deboard a Frontier Airlines flight because of her Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator.

Southwest Airlines Randomly Schedules Nonstop Flights Between Nashville & El Paso For 1 Day Only

Aviation News - 2 April, 2025 - 03:10

Southwest Airlines has scheduled one flight on November 30, 2025, offering non-stop service between Nashville Airport, Tennessee (BNA), and El Paso, Texas (ELP). The flights are set for that single day, catering to travelers looking to either depart or return between the two cities.

NASA's new SPHEREx space telescope takes its 1st cosmic images: 'The instrument team nailed it'

Space News - 2 April, 2025 - 00:06
NASA's new infrared telescope named "SPHEREx" has officially opened its eyes to the cosmos.

New alien abduction film 'Watch the Skies' is giving us Swedish Spielberg vibes (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 22:00
Check out this peek at new alien abduction thriller "Watch the Skies" coming to theaters May 9.

'I’d get on in a heartbeat': Starliner astronauts would fly on Boeing spacecraft again despite malfunctions (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 21:22
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore both say they'd ride on Boeing's Starliner again, despite the issues the capsule had on its first crewed flight.

Delta Air Lines Plans 36% More Domestic US Widebody Flights This Summer

Aviation News - 1 April, 2025 - 21:05

American, Delta, Hawaiian, and United all deploy widebodies (aircraft with two aisles) on domestic flights. Yet using Cirium Diio data to examine every planned flight shows that only Hawaiian and Delta have increased such operations compared to last summer. This article focuses exclusively on Delta.

Rare 'double sunrise' captured in Canada by intrepid solar eclipse chasers (photos)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 20:00
Cloud-dodging eclipse chasers in New Brunswick and Québec, Canada, captured the solar horns, reflections and all kinds of weird views as the sun rose partially eclipsed.

Déjà vu: President Trump nominates Greg Autry again to be NASA's financial chief

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 19:39
President Trump has nominated space policy expert Greg Autry to be NASA's chief financial officer, as he did back in 2020 to no avail.

Stranded NASA Astronauts To Meet With Boeing: Would Fly Starliner Again

Aviation News - 1 April, 2025 - 19:07

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will meet Boeing leadership on Wednesday to discuss in person what transpired onboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft during their mission last year. The pair launched on Starliner on June 5, 2024, but the spacecraft was forced to return to Earth uncrewed on September 7, with Williams and Wilmore returning on March 18 onboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.

Cryptocurrency billionaire watches SpaceX rocket launch on the way to his own SpaceX rocket launch

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 19:05
Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 private astronaut crew got a two-for-one deal when they watched a rocket launch ahead of their own launch on March 31.

DARPA accidentally detects SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket reentry by listening to Earth's atmosphere

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 19:00
Researchers with the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have successfully used Earth's atmosphere as a sensor to detect a distant disturbance.

Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 18:20
Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.

Million-mile-long solar whirlwind could help solve sun's greatest mysteries (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 17:00
Europe's Solar Orbiter spacecraft has chronicled the development of the magnetic escape of plasma driven out by a powerful magnetic reconnection event.

TU Delft investigates climate impacts of sustainable aviation fuels

TU Delft nieuws - 1 April, 2025 - 16:49
In March TU Delft conducted unique measurements with a high percentage of (more) sustainable aviation fuel. During education flights for third-year students with teaching and research aircraft PH-LAB, there was a mixture in the tank of regular kerosine with 38% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).

Watch chilling 1st views of Earth's poles seen by SpaceX Fram2 astronauts (video)

Space News - 1 April, 2025 - 16:31
The first images of Earth's poles from the Fram2 Crew Dragon have been uploaded from the orbiting spacecraft, and the views are breathtaking.

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