A Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft takes off from Renton Municipal Airport near the company’s factory on March 22, 2019 in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear | fake pictures The Federal Aviation Administration began certification flights for the Boeing 737 Max on Monday, a key step in allowing the planes to …
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An unpainted Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is seen parked in an aerial photo at Renton Municipal Airport near Boeing Renton’s facilities in Renton, Washington, USA, July 1, 2019. Photograph taken July 1, 2019. Lindsey Wassen | Reuters Pilots and test crew members from the US Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing …
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A stack of 60 SpaceX Starlink satellites floats in orbit above Earth. Source: SpaceX To finance its Martian ambitions, SpaceX intends to transform Earth, covering the planet with ubiquitous Internet coverage transmitted from a tight mesh of thousands of satellites. CEO Elon Musk hopes that this “Starlink” service will eventually …
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Delta Air Lines passenger planes are parked due to flight reductions made to curb the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. March 25, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters Delta Air Lines plans to send notices to warn more than 2,500 pilots next week …
Read More »Virgin Galactic SPCE completes second glide test, upcoming rocket-powered flights
The Virgin Galactic spacecraft, Unity, lands during a glide test flight on May 1, 2020. galactic virgin Virgin Galactic successfully completed its second glide flight test in New Mexico on Thursday, a milestone that should prepare the company to begin space flight next. The company said that after completing “an …
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