• Aerospace Design: The Beluga Airbus, a Monster Aircraft

    Updated: 2010-04-30 06:53:52
    Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/muhectorprasetyo/ / CC BY 2.0   Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daspaddy/ / CC BY 2.0 The Beluga Airbus is the world’s most volumetrically cavernous aircraft and is named after the similarly ...

  • CANADIAN FIRM COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF U.S. AEROSPACE FIRM INVOLVED IN JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER, C-130 PROGRAMS

    Updated: 2010-04-29 22:53:25
    . , MAIN CONTACT EDITOR SUBSCRIBE RSS Today is Thursday April 29, 2010 CANADIAN FIRM COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF ASSETS OF U.S . AEROSPACE FIRM INVOLVED IN JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER , C-130 PROGRAMS By Dave Pugliese Thu , Apr 29 2010 COMMENTS(0 David Pugliese’s Defence Watch Filed under : Héroux-Devtek Press release from : Heroux-Devtek LONGUEUIL , QC , April 29 Héroux-Devtek Inc . a leading Canadian manufacturer of aerospace and industrial products , today announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of substantially all the net assets of Eagle Tool Machine Co . Eagle Tool and of its subsidiary E-2 Precision Products E-2 two privately-owned manufacturers of precision machined components for the aerospace industry . Eagle Tool and E-2 are located in Springfield and Cleveland , Ohio ,

  • Twins in space! Two NASA brothers could meet on the ISS

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:38:02
    Now that NASA has had to push the planned launch date for space shuttle Endeavour on STS-134 to no earlier than November, an interesting phenomenon could take place. The commander of STS-134 is Mark Kelly, pictured left. Mark Kelly’s identical twin brother, Scott Kelly pictured right, is scheduled to arrive at the space station in October [...]

  • ULA gets new rocket contract for Cape Canaveral launch

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:38:01
    This just in fron United Launch Alliance: Denver, Colo., (April 26, 2010) – The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center recently awarded United Launch Alliance a contract modification to perform the launch services for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 (AEHF-3) satellite aboard an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle. The anticipated launch period is [...]

  • Airbus flies with composites

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:37:57
    When the new Airbus A350 XWB (XWB stands for eXtra Wide Body) takes off on its maiden flight in two years time, this will also represent a milestone for the composites industry. 50% of the fuselage of the wide-bodied aircraft, which is being developed as a competitor to the Boeing 787, is made of composite [...]

  • Sentinel Exclusive: 360 degree view of space shuttle Atlantis on the pad

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:37:56
    Check out this exclusive video taken by Orlando Sentinel of space shuttle Atlantis at launch pad 39A. This video was taken just after Atlantis rolled out to the launch pad in preparation for STS-132, which is scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center on May 14. Photographs by Red Huber. Video compiled by Tom Burton. This [...]

  • The Last Rollout for Atlantis

    Updated: 2010-04-28 15:37:54
    This is the last scheduled rollout for Atlantis as the space shuttle program winds down. See more photos from this mission here.

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