Day 4 - Our Third Attempt at Flying to Lukla...
It was Day 4.
And after two unsuccessful attempts at flying to Lukla on the previous couple of days, we have become numbed to the process.
Waking up at 5:30am to dump our luggage at the hotel lobby at 6:15am to hit the Kathmandu Domestic airport at 7am to catch the flight at 7:30am had become a routine that everyone could execute without Adrian or Melvin uttering another word.
So here we were, on this fateful Day 4 of our trip, on our third attempt at flying to Lukla...
So it seemed... the weather in Kathmandu was great. The weather in Lukla was great. And everything was GO for the flight.
And we all got our boarding passes... we all got onto the bus that carried us to the waiting planes...
The excitement was once again, palpable...
On Board the Dornier Propeller Plane...
Yes, the first flight carrying a group of passengers (not our team's) had flown off.
And our first team's plane had taxied to the runway and very soon had also taken off.
Now, those of us in the second team needed only to wait for our turn to fly.
We were all pretty carried away in our own preparation for picture-taking while on the flight...
This was the lovely stewardess on our Day 4's aborted flight... distributing to Wai Kit his share of candies and cotton for his ears...
Haha... what a moment!
Yes indeed, the first flight of the morning had gotten into some turbulent trouble, and had almost crashed while landing in Lukla Airport. Still, they managed to land.
Our first team's pilot had been radio-ed on the turbulence and had to make a last minute decision to abort the landing and head back for Kathmandu.
In fact, those of us on the first team did experience quite a terrific amount of air-pocket see-sawing while en route to Lukla.
Sigh... only those of us in the second team remained grounded and never even had a chance to lift off from the runway...
Serene: "Yah what a waste! My only shot for the whole day can make it one was this one. Some more after that also never got chance to take off. So really wasted lah. "
The BAPTISM OF Tenzing-Hilary Airport (aka Lukla Airport)
Renamed in 2008 after the famous pair of climbers, this tiny airport is the point of entry to Lukla town at an altitude of 2800m.
This is where most climbers to the Everest trek would start their journey.
Tenzing-Hilary Airport was reported by The History Channel as the most dangerous airport in the world for the following reasons:
- It has a very short runway of only 460m.
- The runway is angled at 12 degree inclination for a landing plane,
- ...at the end of which is nothing but a vertical face of a hill side, thus leaving the pilot with no possibility of a second chance at landing should the first try go awry.
- Because of its location right in a valley, strong wind and poor visibility are very common and often are hindrance to a successful landing or take off.
Because of the smallness of the runway, only Twin Otter planes and Dornier 228 can be employed.
Despite the relatively high volume of flights to and fro The Tenzing-Hilary Airport, the incidence rate remained surprisinly low.
Here are some recent accident reports from Wikipedia:
15 October 1973
On landing at the airport, a Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, registration 9N-ABG, was damaged beyond repair. The three crew and three passengers were unhurt.
9 June 1991
Flying from Kathmandu, a Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter 300, registration 9N-ABA, crashed at the airport while attempting to land following an unstabilized approach in bad weather. All three crew and fourteen passengers were killed.
26 September 1992
A Royal Air Nepal Harbin Yunshuji Y-12-11 registered 9N-ACI faltered during take-off and was damaged beyond repair. All on board (twelve passengers and two crew) survived.
25 May 2004
While on approach to the airport, a Yeti Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 (registration 9N-AFD) flying from Kathmandu crashed into Lamjura Hill in heavy cloud. No passengers were on board, but all three crew members were killed. The Nepalese accident investigation committee concluded that the captain provided inaccurate information as regards his position to the Area Control Centre.
1 October 2004
On landing at the airport, a Sita Air Dornier Do 228 suffered a collapse of its nose gear and slid along the runway, blocking it once it had come to rest. The airport was closed for two days.
30 June 2005
A Gorkha Airlines Dornier Do 228 skidded off the runway while attempting to land. The nine passengers and three crew suffered minor injuries. The aircraft was reportedly withdrawn from use and written off after the accident.
8 October 2008
Yeti Airlines Flight 103, a DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashed on final approach and caught fire, killing eighteen passengers and crew. The aircraft's captain was the only survivor.
25 August 2010
Agni Air Flight 101 crashed at Shikharpur while returning to Kathmandu after bad weather had prevented it from reaching Lukla. All eleven passengers and three crew perished.
12 October 2010
A Sita Air Dornier Do 228 lost braking control and impacted the wall-end of the runway during landing. All passengers and crew on board survived without injuries and the aircraft received damage to its nose.
Hehe... of course, now that we have flown in and out of Lukla Airport, we could list out all the accidents and have no need to worry about this airport... at least for the near future... hahaha...
T R A V E L O G U E
Our troubles continued...
Looking back at the tiny aircraft after we alighted...
This was the plane that we would never take to Lukla... ever.
Sincerely, I think this was Adrian and Melvins' most most stressful trip EVER.
With all these flight delays and cancellations, the whole trip's itinerary was in danger of being totally aborted.
At this point in time, all kinds of thoughts were in every one's mind.
And every body was thinking of very different things.
But Adrian and Melvin still had one last fighting chance to pull the whole trick together...
Tough job, man, these two brave men.
Well... still, we all had one last chance.
It was really almost an all-or-nothing rule.
If tomorrow's flight to Lukla doesn't come true, well, we'll think about it tomorrow.
Meanwhile, we will live to fight another day.
And some of our members have already started checking out their policies...
While, back in the hotel, Melvin Tan almost did a Rain Dance to pray for successful flight the next day. He would have done in it the buff had it been demanded of him, and sacrificed 108 sheeps together while he was at it, I was quite sure... haha...
And Goose was having his forth welcome drink in the background to drown his sorrow, and Leong was doing his Sambayang to pray for good weather tomorrow.
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Day 5 ~ Finally! Successful flight from Kathmandu to Lukla!


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Many of the greatest inventions today are made up of dozens of other discoveries and innovations that most might not be familiar with. For example, everyone knows the airplane as one of the greatest inventions of mankind, but it would not be where it is now af not for the invention of the airfoil and its theories.
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Who invented the first airfoil?
The invention of the airfoil is credited to more than one person, as the solid theory is separate from the actual invention. In this case, the person who invented the airfoil was Sir George Cayley, considered to be the first true scientific aerial investigator — the first to understand the forces of flight.
The airfoil’s key contributors (and evolution)
- Sir George CayleyThe first true aerial investigator, and inventor of the first airfoil
George Cayley is known as the inventor of the airfoil. He had used the concept of the airfoil on the very first glider, which took flight in 1853. He would go on to develop a much more efficient cambered airfoil.
- Wilbur and Orville WrightThe Wright brothers, responsible for the first successful airplane
In an incredible turn of events, the Wright brothers used the knowledge George Cayley built to take the very first successful flight. It would not have been possible without knowledge of airfoils.
- Max MunkDeveloper of the thin airfoil theory.
Max Munk was a German mathematician who devised the thin airfoil theory. The thing about the thin airfoil theory is that mathematical formulas were finally being added to the mix. Before the theories, work on airfoils and how they generated lift was mainly trial and error.
- Hermann GlauertRefined the thin airfoil theory
As Max Munk devised the thin airfoil theory, Hermann Glauert and quite a few others worked on refining the theory as much as possible.
- Richard T. WhitcombDeveloper of the supercritical airfoil
The invention of the NASA supercritical airfoil led to the creation of the supercritical wings. The SCW are currently used by various modern planes.
When was the airfoil invented?
The first airfoil was invented in 1853 by Sir George Cayley, with the invention of the very first glider. While the concept was still filled with trial and error at the time, it was undoubtedly a milestone on the road to true flight.
A brief history of the airfoil
The history of the airfoil touches upon many moments in the invention of the very first plane. It’s crucial to note that without the airfoil, everything else wouldn’t fall into place. The story of the airfoil starts with Sir George Cayley, often considered the first true aerial investigator. The idea of airfoils is to generate lift, and George developed the concept as much as he could with the invention of the glider, as well as his work on the much more efficient cambered airfoil.
The Wright brothers share the distinction of building the very first successful airplane, which naturally used the concept of airfoils to generate enough lift. Just about everyone knows about the Wright brothers, and their invention would convince many others to look into the potential of flight. Around the 1920s, Max Munk would devise the thin airfoil theory. The reason why the event was so crucial was the fact that until then, any work involving airfoils was accomplished through trial and error.
It would be the very first time that proper mathematical formulas were added to the mix. Hermann Glauert and quite a few others would work on refining the thin airfoil theory as much as they possibly could. Fast-forward to the 1960s, and Richard T. Whitcomb develops the supercritical airfoil. His design would go on to become the supercritical wing, which is used on the many planes of the modern age.
The airfoil timeline
- 1853The invention of the first airfoil through the very first glider
George Cayley invented the very first glider, which took from the concept of the airfoil. At this point, anything involving airfoils was more of a trial and error process.
- 1903The first flight of Wright
The Wright brothers took to the sky with the first successful airplane. Naturally, the reason why it was such a success was due to the concept of the airfoil.
- 1920sDevelopment and refinement of the thin airfoil theory
For the very first time, mathematical formulas were added to the development of airfoils. Developed by Max Munk and improved upon by Herman Glauert and other mathematicians, the airfoil theory continues to improve.
- 1960sDevelopment of the NASA supercritical airfoil
The invention of the NASA supercritical airfoil was one of the more crucial inventions in the world of flight.
Where was the first airfoil invented?
The first airfoil was invented in Germany, when George Cayley had his worker use the very first glider. It worked for a short time, before crash landing.
The importance of the first airfoil
- People were using airfoils before it was put into proper theory
George Cayley developed the very first glider with the principles of the airfoil before various mathematicians would improve on the theory.
- A crucial piece in the puzzle of flight
There’s no denying that without the airfoil, it wouldn’t be possible for modern flight to exist. The concept of airfoils is to generate lift and allow mankind to take flight, and it accomplished its goal with flying colors.
- Opened up a new avenue for mathematicians interesting in flight
Max Munk’s creation of the thin airfoil theory opened up plenty of new opportunities for mathematicians to perfect the concept of flight.
- A sign of things to come
More and more discoveries and inventions litter the world of flight. The airfoil paved the way to space, the final frontier.
The airfoil by the numbers
- 1915The year the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) was created. Its primary purpose was to develop more advanced airfoils.
- 18NACA Technical Report No. 18 was called Aerofoils and Aerofoil Structural Combinations, which was released in 1917.
- 1974The year when Sir George Cayley was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame.
- 4The airfoil is composed of 4 parts – the leading edge, the trailing edge, the chord, and the camber.
Five facts about the airfoil
- The principle of airfoil shapes and concepts
One of the great things about the airfoil concept and shape is how it can be used to improve other parts of a plane. For example, the plane’s fuselage body was designed based on the airfoil shape and concept.
- A downward force on the air
For those curious about how airfoils work, the conventional airfoil can generate lift by exerting a downward force on the air as the plane moves forward. If the airfoil does its job, a plane moving forward at a fast enough speed will eventually lift.
- Thick and thin airfoils
If the plane is designed for low speeds, the airfoil is built much thicker. On the other hand, if the plane is designed for high speeds, a thinner airfoil becomes necessary.
- Why fix what isn’t broken
These days, even some of the most advanced planes still use the same NACA-developed airfoil sections. These sections were developed in the 30s and 40s, which is surprising considering how quickly the world of flight advanced over the years.
- A lull in the progress of the airfoil
During the 1950s, NACA focused on hypersonic and supersonic aerodynamics, halting the development of airfoils. It wasn’t until Richard T. Whitcomb developed the supercritical airfoil that NACA returned to its primary focus.
FAQ about the airfoil
- Are the wings and airfoils the same thing?
Good question! It might seem like wings and airfoils are the same thing, but there’s a big difference. If the wingspan is sliced with a plane parallel to the plane of the aircraft, the intersection is called an airfoil. It might seem somewhat complicated, but it’s easier to comprehend than you might think!
- How exactly does an airfoil lift a plane?
Put simply, the wings can lift the plane when the air pressure above the wing is lowered. The airfoil achieves this through its unique shape. The curved surface takes longer for the airflow to travel, creating a difference in air pressure. Such is the reason why the plane eventually takes flight when it picks up enough speed.
- Why does the shape matter so much when it comes to airfoils?
The reason why the shape matters so much is it determines how the airflow goes through the plane as it moves forward. With the right shape and wingspan, it’s possible to generate enough lift for a plane to take flight.


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The ministers in charge of space activities in the European Space Agency's 18 Member States today concluded a successful two-day council meeting in The Hague, agreeing on a €10 billion (US$ 12.9bn) budget to undertake new initiatives in several fields and endorsing the next phases of a set of ongoing programmes. Many of the approved projects have a high degree of relevance for the study of climate change, the environment and the management of the planet's natural resources.
The deal was reached after two days of intense negotiations, but ministers agreed with ESA's director general Jean-Jacques Dordain on the relevance of investing in space, especially in a time of economic crisis: space is a key sector providing for innovation, economic growth, strategic independence and the preparation of the future. The ambitious budget, which covers the next three to five years, represents a substantial increase in funding over the previous ones.
French research minister Valerie Pecresse, who presided the council, said that her nation's cash would be spent on those programmes that delivered the greatest gains to society. France, currently holding the European Presidency, is ESA's second largest contributor (after Germany), responsible for about a quarter of the organisation's budget. The focus on the public relevance of investments in space was the leading theme throughout the council.
ESA's space activities can be divided into three types of programmes: voluntary, optional and mandatory. The voluntary programmes include the most expensive activities, including Europe's participation in the International Space Station and its Ariane rocket project. France, Germany and Italy are the biggest backers of these programmes, which contribute up to a third of the budget. The UK focuses more on small optional programmes, and remains a marginal contributor to ESA. However, despite remaining the weak link in Europe's space activities, the country has committed more than expected (€356 million), in exchange for ESA opening a research center in the UK.
On the programmatic side, ministers today took decisions concerning the full range of ESA's initiatives. Some highlights:
- Subscriptions for the launcher programmes, including further funding of Europe's space port in French Guiana, Ariane 5 and Vega accompaniment technology programmes, Ariane 5 evolution and the future launchers preparatory programme. The Ariane 5, which has come to dominate the commercial launcher market, will be upgraded to allow it to carry heavier payloads than its current nine-tonne limit. Ariane 5 symbolizes Europe's independence in space. Esa wants to study what comes after Ariane; to consider what the launchers of the future will look like. It will also test the technologies required on demonstration spacecraft such as the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
- Subscriptions for the Earth Observation activities, including the second segment of the flagship Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Space Component programme (GMES), the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) development programme and a novel Climate Change Initiative on the provision of essential climate variables. GMES is a major new EO program. It will take the "pulse" of the planet and requires a series new satellites to be launched (more below).
- Subscriptions for the human spaceflight, microgravity and human exploration programmes including exploitation and evolution of the International Space Station, on-board research in life and physical sciences and definition studies on the evolution of a returnable transfer vehicle. Europe will thus take the first step in a plan that could eventually lead to a manned spaceship based on its highly successful unmanned, automated space-station cargo-vessel, known as the ATV.
- Subscriptions to robotic exploration programmes (the ExoMars programme and preparatory activities on future Mars robotic exploration).
- Subscriptions for Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES), focusing on technologies, applications and mission demonstrations and including preparatory work for a European Data Relay System (EDRS), an air traffic management satellite system (Iris) and Integrated Application Promotion combining usage of telecommunications, Earth observation and navigation satellite systems with terrestrial information and communications systems.
- Subscriptions for the programme on the evolution of the European Global Navigation Satellite System, to continue the improvement of Galileo.
The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme, also known as Kopernikus, has got earth observation and climate scientists all excited. The €2 billion venture will build a full picture of the state of the planet from new satellites and ground-based data. It will be a key tool for the analysis of climate change and the environmental health of the planet:
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The programme can and will evolve into something which will be of major benefit to mankind; I don't think it is too melodramatic to say that. We need a planetary Earth-observing system to gather all the information to take remedial action on climate and environmental change. - Professor Alan O'Neill, the director of the UK's National Centre for Earth Observation.Through GMES the state of our environment and its short, medium and long-term evolution will be monitored to support policy decisions or investments. GMES will be built up gradually: it starts with a pilot phase which targets the availability of a first set of operational GMES services by 2008 followed by the development of an extended range of services which meet user requirements.
Years of research in the fields of science and technology associated with observation and understanding of the processes and phenomena of the terrestrial environment led in 1998 to the idea to launch GMES. By a combination of measurements at terrestrial level and from space, it rapidly became clear that new operational services could be offered in fields such as oceanography, precise mapping of land use, rapid mapping at times of emergency for the civil protection field or air quality monitoring.
The services provided by GMES can be classified in three major categories:
- Mapping, including topography or road maps but also land-use and harvest, forestry monitoring, mineral and water resources that do contribute to short and long-term management of territories and natural resources. This service generally requires exhaustive coverage of the Earth surface, archiving and periodic updating of data.
- Support for emergency management in case of natural hazards and particularly civil protection institutions responsible for the security of people and property. This service concentrates on the provision of the latest possible data before intervening.
- Forecasting is applied for marine zones, air quality or crop yields. This service systematically provides data on extended areas permitting the prediction of short, medium or long-term events, including their modelling and evolution.
Biomass and bioenergy
GMES will have direct relevance to the bioenergy sector. One of the proposed missions, Earth Explorer BIOMASS, will analyse the world's boreal forests, which cover about 15% of the Earth’s land surface and, being the world's largest terrestrial carbon reservoir, play an important role in the global cycling of energy, carbon and water.
BIOMASS measuring concept
BIOMASS measuring concept
Currently ESA has undertaken the BioSAR 2008 campaign in northern Sweden in order to find out how best to map boreal forest with space borne radar. By answering this question, the campaign addresses one of the key objectives of the candidate BIOMASS mission.
BIOMASS is one of the six candidate Earth Explorer missions that has just completed assessment study and will be presented to the science community at a User Consultation Meeting in January 2009. The next stage of development for the BIOMASS mission, if selected, will be the feasibility study which is expected to greatly improve knowledge of how much and where carbon is being stored, and better quantify carbon fluxes between land and the atmosphere. This knowledge will obviously contribute to the better understanding of the global carbon cycle, climate change, and the bioenergy potential.
To achieve this goal, the BIOMASS mission will exploit the P-band which is the longest radar wavelength available for Earth Observation and is uniquely sensitive to mapping biomass from space. Afterwards highly accurate and robust methods for transforming the P-band radar signals into forest biomass maps are required. Collecting airborne SAR measurements over Boreal Forest and comparing these to extensive ground measurements, will allow a very accurate mapping of the forest biomass.
Given that complete remote sensing dataset and ground data simultaneously acquired are rare for northern forests, the interest of the campaign, beyond the immediate needs of the BIOMASS mission, is expected to be enormous. Finally, once the process has been completed, the dataset will be made available to the wider scientific community through ESA.
EU and ESA convergence
The progressive implementation of GMES is made possible by the activities and investments of European Union and ESA Member States. These and other public and private contributions are jointly supported by the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Together with Galileo, Europe's satellite-navigation system, GMES thus indicates a gradual alignment of ESA and the EU. Currently, these are distinct legal entities which do not share the same membership; ESA counts some non-EU nations among its membership. But space is now of such high political and economic importance that these two entities are expected to "converge" in the future.
ESA: European Ministers inject new impetus to ensure space’s role as a key asset in facing global challenges - November 26, 2008.
ESA: Ministerial Council 2008.
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security homepage.
GMES: BIOMASS Mission - 19 Nov 2008
ESA: ESA leads the way to map boreal forest - October 20, 2008.


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The Convair B Hustler is the first operational jet bomber capable of Mach 2 flight. The resulting B design was the first "true" USAF supersonic bomber.
16 Nov The number of planned Bs changed — the Air Force would end up buying Hustlers, a third of what the flying branch wanted.
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I've come to the realization that my kids could never have been in charge of initiating and operating the International Space Station. Here are a few reasons:
1) Well, first of all, I laid their uniforms out for school this morning and then noticed as we were walking out the door that S and JP had accidentally put on each other's pants. This may be more reason why the two of them should not be allowed to leave the house more than fly into space.
2) At some point the International Space Station would need to be resupplied and if The Quartet scheduled the supply shuttle to blast off at, say, 8 a.m. one morning, then they would wait until 7:58 a.m. to even begin looking for the things that needed to fill up that ship.
3) I have the feeling they would spend the budget of billions on one gyroscope for stability and direction and blow the rest on televisions, DVDs and cheese pizza for their stay aboard.
4) Immediately upon arrival at the Space Station, the engineers at mission control back on Earth would have to endure the question "Where are we going next?" for the duration of the stay.
5) These kids are clumsy enough with gravity, zero gravity would be a whole new problem for them.
6) The International Space Station is located way too far from their mama.


Auction 61 Highlights
Welcome to Sale 61.
In this sale there are almost 100 lots of collectables connected to Australia’s National Carrier QANTAS. This iconic airline was established in 1920 in outback Queensland and trivia specialists especially cinephiles will recall that ‘Raymond’ in the 1989 film ‘Rainman’ preferred to fly QANTAS because of its perfect safety record which still stands today 99 years on – touch wood.
There is everything from an Airport Lounge Ashtray, early Model Planes some of which were not publicly available, complimentary Cigarette Lighters, Shavers, Keyrings and Cufflinks, Playing Cards and First-day Stamp Covers.
Two aircraft models of note that are on offer are the original ‘Pacific Miniature’ chrome models of the ‘Boeing 733’ Supersonic Sweep-wing Plane which never made it into production. There wasn’t just a call to action by President Kennedy to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s but also a challenge to American industry to come up with a rival for the proposed Anglo-French Concorde and the Russian Tu-144 Supersonic Jet. Boeing won the Government tender to develop a supersonic passenger aircraft but, it all came to naught and the project was abandoned in 1971. All that remains of this folly are these superb table models that were commissioned by Boeing in very small numbers. A must for an aviation collector to put alongside their model of the ‘Millennium Falcon.’
There is also a group of Aviation trophies Dating from 1930 to 1955 most awarded by the Aero Club of New South Wales.
For Military enthusiasts there is an interesting selection of US Army uniforms from the First World War as well as a 1918 Trench Cap for the Royal Irish Regiment, a Russian ‘Bubenovka’ Winter Cap stamped 1939 and a North Vietnamese Peaked Cap from the Vietnam War.
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A giant space rock wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Could Earth be hit again? You betcha! Researchers were stunned in July, 2019, when a previously undetected “city killer” asteroid, that was up to 427 feet wide, came within 45,000 miles of Earth — less than one-fifth the distance to the moon. If the asteroid had struck the Earth, it would have gone off like a very large nuclear weapon.
To date, NASA has classified more than 21,000 asteroids and more than 100 comets as near-Earth objects. Of that group, about 2,000 are considered “potentially hazardous.” Congress has directed NASA to find and track at least 90 percent of the objects that pose a threat to Earth within the next 100 years. But so far, scientists have identified only an estimated 40 percent of near-Earth objects
The “Double Asteroid Redirection Test”, or D.A.R.T., was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects. It was designed to assess how much a spacecraft impact deflects an asteroid through its transfer of momentum when hitting the asteroid head-on. The D.A.R.T. probe was launched from Earth on November 24. 2021, and intentionally crashed into Dimorphos, the minor-planet moon of the asteroid Didymos on September 26, 2022.
To get a detailed, yet readily understandable explanation of the D.A.R.T mission, without first having to take a crash course in astrophysics, please join us via Zoom, at 7:00p.m. (EST) on Saturday, January 21. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Nick Moskowitz, a planetary astronomer at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.Dr. Moskowitz’s research involves observations and simple models of minor planets in the Solar System. He is particularly interested in exploring relationships between small body populations, such as the link between near-Earth asteroids and meteorites. This work has implications for topics ranging from the origin of planets to the exploration of small bodies by spacecraft. He received his PhD and MS degrees in Astronomy from the University of Hawaii and his BS degree in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Southeast Michigan Mensa will be presenting a series of lectures via Zoom. Those wishing to attend will need to pre-register at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/SEMM-0123-Gathering . The event’s Zoom URL and instructions will only be sent to those who are pre-registered.


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In 2020, the Experimental Aircraft Association created a society dedicated to increasing the number of women across aviation. We realized that aviation outreach to women has not focused on the reasons why women fly. Seriously! We don’t know many women who came to aviation because they loved calculus…
EAA and the Women Soar Society are taking a different approach to bringing women into aviation. We want you to experience the joy, confidence, strength, community, and adventure that aviation can bring to your life. We believe that not only is learning to fly a transformational experience for women, we believe that women will transform aviation. In all the best ways!
Our goal of creating 100,000 female pilots in 10 years is big, so we’re reaching across the entire aviation community to make this a group effort. To achieve this vision, EAA and the Women Soar Society are leading an informal collaboration across the industry that leverages the best that all of us have to offer.
The Women Soar Society is a group of women who are supporting other women to help them soar in the world of aviation, and beyond.
We work to remove challenges and provide opportunities so that any woman—perhaps someone like you—can achieve her goal of flight. In addition to 100,000 in 10, we aim to support the following programs:
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NASA Images Show Water on the Moon
In the Sept. 24 edition of the journal Science, spectral images obtained from three spacecraft are unveiled, indicating the presence of both water and hydroxyl, a molecule consisting of hydrogen and oxygen.
These images show a very young lunar crater on the side of the moon that faces away from Earth, as viewed by NASA's Moon Mineralogy Mapper on the Indian Space Research Organization's Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Credit: ISRO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS/Brown University
“Water has been predicted to exist in the form of ice in permanently shadowed craters in the polar regions on the Moon, but not in direct sunlight. We have detected water and hydroxyl at all latitudes on the surface of the moon, including the hot regions,” said the article’s primary author, Roger Clark, a U.S. Geological Survey scientist based in Denver, Colo. “The water is adsorbed in the lunar soil and not as pools of liquid or ice. There may be as much as a quart of water per ton of soil on average at the surface and locally higher.”
The spectral images are from the NASA Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) on the Cassini orbiter, part of the Cassini-Huygens space probe which flew by the moon on Aug. 19, 1999. It took 10 years of careful calibration refinements to enable the water detection through the use of infrared imaging spectroscopy. Spectroscopy is a tool that splits light into it its component colors, like a rainbow.
“This is an astounding discovery,” said Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. “Water on the surface on the Moon will change the way we look at possibilities for future exploration.”
Clark used different methods to confirm the water using the Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument. Chandrayaan-1, an Indian spacecraft, delivered about 10 months of high-resolution infrared spectral data. A third spacecraft, NASA’s Deep Impact mission, flew by the moon in June and made another set of observations that confirm the VIMS and M3 results, as indicated in a companion Science article.
“The fact that three spacecraft have detected widespread signatures of water can leave no doubt that the detection is real,” said Clark.
The article, “Detection of Adsorbed Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon,” is one of three papers corroborating the incidence of water on the Moon. Clark and USGS colleague K. Eric Livo are also contributing authors on, “Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H20 on the Surface of the Moon seen by M3 and Chandrayann-1”.


Mysterious Lights Filmed Over the Skies of Laredo, TX (video)
“Whу аrе аll thе gοοd UFOs invisible?” one Gather.com user аѕkеd іn response tο thе latest “invisible UFO” report posted tο thе site.
Yου mіght hаνе thουght a defining characteristic οf a UFO wουld bе visibility. Bυt thanks tο zealous alien hunters doggedly scanning thе sky wіth night-vision cameras, a nеw class οf flying objects thаt οnlу emit infrared light hаѕ emerged frοm thе darkness. Arе thеу spies frοm thе grеаt beyond?
“Sοmе people claim tο see actual battles between UFOs up іn thе sky, using night-vision equipment,” thе ufologist Robert Sheaffer tοld Life’s Lіttlе Mysteries. “Those devices magnify faint objects ѕο much thаt thе sky seems tο bе filled wіth invisible UFOs. In reality, οf course, thеу аrе seeing owls, bats, moths, airplanes, satellites, etc.” Night-vision optics trade low resolution fοr high sensitivity, hе ехрlаіnеd, ѕο thаt points οf light (such аѕ distant satellites) spill out іntο circles thаt mаkе thе objects appear hυgе.
Hοwеνеr, ѕοmе οf thе invisible UFOs out thеrе really аrе spies οf a sort — οr whatever еlѕе уου сhοοѕе tο call military drones.
Consider, fοr example, аn invisible triangle UFO recently caught οn camera bу thе Laredo Paranormal Research Society, a Texas group. In thеіr footage, captured using аn infrared-sensitive third-generation night-vision camera аnd posted tο YouTube July 13, аn object composed οf three evenly spaced glowing orbs streaked southward асrοѕѕ thе field οf view аnd disappeared behind thе roof οf a house.
According tο LPRS founder Ismael Cuellar, thе “infrared-cloaked” object сουld nοt bе seen wіth thе naked eye, аnd cruised silently. “[Wе] hаνе ruled out birds, bugs, airplanes, helicopters, аnd even flying drones bу comparing thеm side bу side аѕ a point οf reference,” Cuellar tοld Life’s Lіttlе Mysteries. Thіѕ seems tο leave јυѕt one explanation: It’s a cloaked alien spaceship. Nοt ѕο, according tο Ben McGee, a geoscientist, aerospace consultant, UFO skeptic аnd lead field researcher οn thе National Geographic series “Chasing UFOs.” In McGee’s opinion, аll thе signs point tο thіѕ object being a border patrol drone wіth infrared anti-collision οr identification lights. Here’s whу hе thinks ѕο. “Nearly one-third οf traffic through thе nearby Laredo International Airport hаѕ historically bееn military іn nature. Laredo іѕ very near tο thе Mexican border. Thе military іѕ increasingly using drones tο аѕѕіѕt wіth border security, whісh аrе small, qυіеt, аnd dim (tο thе naked eye) aircraft,” McGee wrote іn аn email, adding thаt mοѕt drones аrе аlѕο triangular. Thіѕ alleged drone oversaturated thе camera’s infrared sensor. Whу? “Particularly wіth unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), anticollision systems аrе οf thе utmost importance,” hе wrote. “One custom UAV lighting manufacturer recently announced custom infrared navigation lights fοr a major UAV defense contractor. Using thеѕе lights іn ‘constant-οn’ infrared mode wουld mаkе thе tail, belly, аnd wingtips extraordinarily brіght іn infrared, washing out thе shape οf thе aircraft іn-between.” And thаt description pretty closely matches thе case. “In short,” McGee ѕаіd, “high-intensity/close-range infrared lights interacting wіth a sensitive infrared camera іѕ thе problem — turning аn aircraft іntο a triangular blob — rаthеr thаn thе infrared camera being thе solution tο revealing invisible triangles οr pyramids zooming аbουt ουr airspace.” Source: Fox News


The third brightest object in the sky is the ISS – the International Space Station.
NASA has made a simple site that guides when to spot the ISS, depending on where on Earth you are located. Click on image below to find the guide.
You can see the station’s current position here.
Be sure to click the button “Snapshot” to open an extra map of the current ground area in a new window.
- The ISS is maintained in a nearly circular orbit with a minimum mean altitude of 330 km (205 mi) and a maximum of 410 km (255 mi), in the centre of the Thermosphere, at an inclination of 51.6 degrees to Earth’s equator.
- It travels at an average speed of 27,724 kilometres (17,227 mi) per hour, and completes 15.410 orbits per day
Read more about the ISS on Wikipedia


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The exploration of space has always been a fascination for humanity. We have sent probes and rovers to Mars, discovered new exoplanets, and observed distant galaxies. However, our reach does not stop there. The next frontier of space travel lies in exploring beyond our solar system.
The idea of interstellar travel is not new. Science fiction has depicted it for decades, and scientists have proposed different methods, such as warp drives or solar sails. Yet, the reality of interstellar travel remains a distant dream. The vast distance between stars, the energy required, and the challenges of life support make it a formidable task.
Nonetheless, recent developments are bringing us closer to that goal. In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, revealing new insights into the edge of our solar system. In 2016, the Breakthrough Starshot initiative was launched, aiming to send miniature spacecraft to Alpha Centauri, the closest star system. The project proposes using a laser-driven sail to propel the probes at 20% of the speed of light, reaching their destination in 20 years.
Moreover, the search for exoplanets has intensified in recent years, with the discovery of thousands of new worlds. Some of them lie in the habitable zone, where the temperature is just right for liquid water and possibly life. The James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2021, will help scientists study the atmospheres of those planets, looking for biosignatures that could indicate the presence of life.
The exploration beyond our solar system poses ethical and existential questions. What if we encounter intelligent life? How can we ensure the preservation of our own planet while seeking to expand beyond it? How can we prevent the spread of harmful microorganisms or potential contamination of other worlds?
Furthermore, interstellar travel would require a long-term vision and commitment, involving generations of scientists, engineers, and explorers. It would also require a global effort, with international collaboration and funding.
In conclusion, exploring beyond our solar system is the next frontier of space travel, and we are taking small steps towards it. The challenges are immense, but so are the potential rewards. As we look up to the stars, we are reminded of our curiosity, our quest for knowledge, and our unity as a species. The exploration of space is not only a scientific endeavor, but also a human one, reflecting our capacity for imagination, wonder, and exploration.
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The Solar System VisualizerThis is a great website to help you understand how the different objects in the Solar System orbit each other. A tip for using this site is to zoom in as you see more and more detail as you do. If you click on the planets in the side menu, you can see just how many objects are orbiting around large planets like Jupiter and Saturn. You will need to zoom right in before you see any of the moons you will have heard of.
Tim Peake: Ask an astronautOn 15 December, British astronaut, Tim Peake, left Earth to spend 173 days on the International Space Station. Click on the questions to ask Tim some questions about his mission.
The words 'solar system' refer to the Sun and all of the objects that travel around it.
Our solar system is made up of a star – the Sun – eight planets, 162 moons, dwarf planets and a bunch of comets, asteroids and other space rocks.
The eight planets that make up our solar system are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Our solar system is part of a galaxy known as the Milky Way.
The study of objects in the night sky (stars, galaxies and other things) is called astronomy.
About the Solar System
The Hubble telescope has been used to study the planets in our solar system. This has led to new information about Pluto.
All planets have different moons. Mercury and Venus have none, Earth has one and Mars has two.


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Trading in helicopters since 1972.
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Dennis Kenyon is an ex-Royal Air Force ‘Fast Jet' pilot who has traded in helicopters for 40 years. In the military he flew many service types from the basic Tiger Moth trainer, the charismatic De Havilland Chipmunk, the twin-Cheetah engined Airspeed Oxford, and in the multi-engine category he practiced bombing and navigation techniques on the Vickers Varsity and Avro's mighty four-engine Lincoln.
He converted to Jets at Weston Zoyland in 1954 flying Britain 's first combat jet, the famous Gloster Meteor Mk V111 and single-seat Mk1V. Later he qualified as a ‘Combat Star' pilot in the English Electric Canberra B2 and T4 series. Other Jet types flown included the DH Vampire T11 and the Hunter Mk7 with further experience on the Percival Pembroke, the Hastings and the runabout Anson. He has accumulated 14,440 flying hours on 32 differing types of helicopter and 58 fixed wing types training around 200 pilots and selling over 300 aircraft.
Today, Dennis is a freelance flying instructor, display pilot, aviation writer, published author and columnist. He writes for several aviation magazines. His latest book is called "Dangerous Appointment" and is available to download on Amazon's Kindle £3.00. To read current articles please contact: ‘FLYER' at Seager Publishing. (www.flyer.co.uk)
In 1992, Dennis became a world helicopter champion having won the ‘Freestyle' event at RAF Wroughton. In more recent years he achieved a third place at Austria in 2002 and a fourth place in Germany 2008.
Readers can buy Dennis' specialist display video "The Helicopter Experience" which contains a series of displays by Dennis and other leading display pilots. The proceeds of sale help support the ‘Dennis Kenyon Junior' scholarship. Please see details on this site.
Dennis Kenyon is a CAA approved Flying Instructor (FI) and has been instructing since 1974. He is especially experienced on the Enstrom 280 & 480, Sikorsky 300 series, MD 500 & 520 Notar and Bell 's wonderful old Jetranger series (See more details on our dedicated training page.)
He is the holder of the CAA ATPL (Air Transport Pilot Licence ) for both fixed wing and helicopters and has taken part in many feature films and TV programmes, such as ‘Black Hawk Down', ‘Goldeneye', ‘Magellan 2000', ‘Rollerball', ‘Inspector Morse' and ‘To the Manor Born'.
In 2000, Dennis was awarded the CAA's 'Flying Safety Award' for landing an Enstrom 280C Shark safely and without damage following a Tail Rotor failure at Biggin Hill." In 2011, Dennis was awarded the Royal Aero Club's 'Diploma' in recognition of his long flying career and his services to the aviation industry.
Dennis with his favourite MD520 Notar
Dennis flying the Bell 429.


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Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Organization is the banner service provider of Pakistan, which is centered in Karachi. It gives you air journey in the nation and is generally known as PIA. The primary locations of the commercial airline are Jinnah Worldwide Flight terminal, Karachi; the Allama Iqbal Worldwide Flight terminal, Lahore; and the Islamabad Worldwide Flight terminal. Other locations of the commercial airline can be discovered at Peshawar, Faisalabad, Quetta and Multan, which weblink the urban places of Pakistan with the primary facets (the Center Eastern and Far East). Greater part of its stocks is held by the govt of Pakistan, with a small reveal with others traders.
The origins of Pakistan International Airlines can be tracked back again to the pre-independence era. Meanwhile, a commercial airline under the name of Navigate Air passage was established on Oct 23, 1946, which began managing from Calcutta. Navigate Air passage bought four Douglas DC-3s and began functions on May 4, 1947 with a journey on Calcutta-Akyab-Rangoon path. It moved platform to Karachi after flexibility, from where it began routes to Dhaka on May 7, 1954. Progressively, Navigate air passage extended its navy and by the end of 1949 it had obtained 10 DC-3s and 3 Convair 240s. In 1955, the Pakistan Govt determined to type a state-owned commercial airline and joined Navigate Airways with it. Navigate was joined into the new nationwide commercial airline on Goal 11, 1955. Thereafter, it began managing under the new name of Pakistan Worldwide Air carriers. Pakistan Worldwide Air carriers took off on its first international path in the same season, from Karachi to London, uk Gatwick Flight terminal, via Cairo Worldwide Flight terminal and Leonardo da Vinci Flight terminal, Tuscany.
With the release of Boeing solutions, PIA became the first Oriental commercial airline to fly a jet air art in 1960.PIA also assisted Pakistani Military in transport during the Indio-Pak war of 1965 and 1971. In the Nineties, the condition tried to privatize the commercial airline due to the failures experienced, but didn't be successful. PIA preserves a freight shipping program which performs within the nation. The assistance was begun in 1974 to Center Eastern and European countries but these functions were led to 1990. In 2003 PIA established PIA Speedex, a mail assistance increasing to 12 places of Pakistan. As of now, the assistance provides 70 destinations across the nation. Pakistan Worldwide Air carriers presently protect 35 international locations, growing across 24 nations of the world. The airline goes to North america and US, apart from a number of Europe, like Portugal, Malaysia, Holland, Chicken, The country, Tuscany, Denmark and Norwegian. It protects an extensive network in Asia, such as Chinese suppliers, Asia, Indian, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal, Malaysia and Thailand. In Pakistan, it provides assists 23 domestic locations, such as Sindh, North West Frontier Region, Punjab, Islamabad Capital Area and the South part of the country. In Indian, Pakistan Worldwide Air carriers go to Delhi and Mumbai. Pakistan Worldwide Air carriers performs with a navy of about 40 jets, such as Airbus A310-300, ATR 42, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 747-300, Boeing 777-200ER, Boeing 777-200LR, and Boeing 777-300ER.
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Alaska cruise ports aren’t anything like the Caribbean. You can’t just walk off a cruise ship and say, “I am going to go fly over the fjords today.” Flights sell out — fast. Just think about it: Planes seat just a few people, and your cruise ship will likely have thousands onboard. Planning ahead is super important with Alaska excursions.
Perhaps one of the hottest excursion tickets in Ketchikan, Alaska is jumping into a six-passenger seaplane aircraft and getting a unique narrated Misty Fjords flightseeing tour. The Misty Fjords National Monument covers over 2.1 million acres of Southeast Alaska and offers guests spectacular sites.
When you disembark your cruise ship you’ll met at the pier by a representative from a local aviation company who will provide transportation to the seaport where you’ll get a briefing of the flight, fill out liability waivers and put your non-essentials in a locker at the flight hanger.
Once all the preflight is done you’ll head to the pier to meet your pilot and get acquainted with the aircraft. The tour we took was a 90-minute tour, 70-minutes of flight time and 20-minutes of landing the seaplane on a lake in the Misty Fjords National Monument.
One we were strapped into our plane, given a safety briefing and threw the lines off, we idled out to the airstrip. Every passenger is given an aviation headset, so you’ll be able to hear the pilot talking to other aircrafts in the area. This is also the way of narrating the flightseeing tour.
Once you’re airborne, the pilot will go through his departure checklist, reach altitude and start the tour.
The pilot will tell you what to expect and look out for, mostly wildlife, like bald eagles, mountain goats and bears. The pilot will also point out the waterfalls, snow-capped mountains, ice covered lakes and all the greenery in the national forest.
After about 30-minutes of flying, and weather permitting, the pilot will put the plane down in a lake where you’ll be able to deplane and walk along the banks of the lake and check out the waterfalls. During the walk, the pilot will explain the rock formations and all the nature around you before boarding the plane for your 30-minute flight back to Ketchikan.
You’ll have some time to explore on the flight back to Ketchikan sea base. If the mountain goats are out in full-force, the pilot will point them out to you and most likely circle so passengers on both side of the plane can see them.
You’ll want to have your camera out for the flight back into Ketchikan because the runway runs North and South, the same way that the cruise ships are docked. This is a perfect opportunity to get an aerial photograph of your ship!
After the flight is over, you’ll deplane the aircraft, talk to the pilot and head back to the ship. You can finish your day in Ketchikan; a good start is walking down historic Creek Street.
A Misty Fjords flightseeing opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime one, so if you have the chance to do it, don’t pass up it up!
Misty Fjords Flightseeing Tips
- Dress warm. The altitude decreases 4 degrees F for every 1,000 feet in elevation. Since you’re doing water landings, the bay and lake you land on could also be chilly and windy.
- Bring a camera. Fjords, waterfalls, wildlife and the plane are all worth taking photos of. Also, the Ketchikan Harbor Seaplane Base has over 43,000 enplanements per year, so you’ll have a lot to photograph.
- Though it is customary to extend a gratuity to your pilot, it’s not mandatory.


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The official training days have started today at the 16. World Microlight Championship.
We have free wifi, password is not required. To reduce data usage, there is an automatic disconnection after each 15 minutes unused period.
Petrol is available at the nearest MOL petrol station in 4 km, map attached.
We have restaurant open from 6:30, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, is available A la Carte.
Due to bad weather forecast for Friday we will fly the official training task on Thursday 09.08.18. Length more than 180 km. Briefing at 10:00. Planning time 14:30.
For safety reason please be informed about the rules of the training days.
- No engine start and taxi in camping area
- Traffic pattern to East (01 right hand / 19 left hand circuit)
- Avoid to fly above populated area
- Avoid no fly zones: SARMELLEK TIZ1, TIZ2, LHR36, LHR4
- Do not fly over the camping, aircraft parking and hangar area
- Leave the deck asap after landing
- No passing / overtaking on the traffic pattern
- Enter the pattern at downwind after navigation practise
- At engine start and taxi pay attention for aircrafts behind you (do not blow them away..)
- Park the aircraft in the parking area or in the quarantine area (not in camping)
- Anchor the aircraft after parking all the time
Wish you all safe and pleasant practice.
Nagykanizsa, 14:00 LT 08/08/2018


I admit I have a soft spot in my heart (or perhaps head) for the zeppelin. So I was very interested in the debut flight of the Lockheed P-791. This hybrid craft, filled with helium, resembles three blimps blended together.
But it performs the tasks it was designed for, taking off and landing without requiring much of a flat surface. The P-791 seems fairly maneuverable once airborne, and it apparently can carry a significant payload.
But what makes this story post-worthy is the accompanying video. Well, rather, the remix of the video. As exciting as this maiden voyage is conceptually, the added soundtrack of this version of the video gives the P-791 a gravitas that would be otherwise missing from a helium-filled airship.
Day 290 of the WJMA Web Watch.


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Published: February 7, 2007 at 3:00 PM
Yesterday, NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak put her space agency training to use driving a non-stop, 950-miles from Houston to Orlando thanks to the aide of adult diapers. Though astronauts typically wear diapers during take-off and landing sequences, I'm pretty sure the canister of pepper spray, steel mallet, rubber tubing, wig, BB-gun and knife found in Nowak's car weren't intended for a shuttle mission. Apparently, Nowak was looking to "resolve" some resentment she was feeling as the third wheel in an astronaut love triangle. Houston, we have a problem!


Tomás Saraceno: Becoming Aerosolar
November 5th, 2015-February 27th, 2016
Project Space and Sculpture Launch
In a time of rapidly accelerating climate change, why do we still blast rockets into space, burning up vast amounts of hydrocarbons? Is it because it is the only way to get there? Renowned international contemporary artist Tomas Saraceno says no, we can float into space with balloons, from space stations hovering in the upper atmosphere. The concept is not dissimilar to Saraceno’s exhibition 'Cloud Cities', a version of which was recently shown on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Argentine-born, Berlin-based Saraceno is coming to the border to demonstrate with ‘Becoming Aerosolar’, a floating sculpture in the dramatic landscape of White Sands desert how we could float into space. He is also starting his international campaign for sustainable space travel in ‘Space Without Rockets’, a conference at UTEP headed up by engineer John Powell, whose company is pioneering the idea of ‘floating into space’ with balloons. He will be joined by other experts in space and culture, in a unique conference and event that will attract worldwide attention. 'Becoming Aerosolar – Space Without Rockets' is the must-attend centerpiece of Territory of the Imagination.


Lycopodium were awarded a contract to review the feasibility of upgrading an existing 90 tonne Autoclave, fabricated in the USA and installed by Lycopodium.
The Autoclave is used for curing a wide variety of laminated components for the aircraft industry. Lycopodium undertook total project responsibility to relocate, detail design, procure, refurbish, install and commission the entire Autoclave including the cure control system. The technology for this project was provided under a manufacturing agreement with Thermal Equipment Corporation of the USA.
Services provided included the cooling water, compressed air and nitrogen pressurisation systems, gas heating, part vacuum control, part temperature and pressure sensing and associated electrical system.


I've been thinking about the satellite collision that happened last week and just how amazing it is that it actually happened. I mean, I know there's a lot of stuff up in space orbiting our planet. But there's also a lot of space up there.
If you think about it, two objects traveling along the same line (essentially one dimension) have a pretty good chance of running into each other. You get one going in the wrong direction or at a different speed and, well, it's gonna happen (think about two trains running on the same track). Adding an additional dimension, like with cars driving on the road, there's still a reasonable chance that two will collide, but the odds go way down. Think about how many cars are on the roads each day and how few of those actually hit each other. There's just more room in which to move and more ways to move out of the way of each other. Then, adding the third dimension, the odds of a collision go down even further. Think about airplanes. It's rare to hear about a collision of two aircraft that are in the air. The chances of two airplanes being over the same bit of ground, at the same altitude at the same time aren't very high. Airplanes are just too small compared to how much air is up there to fly around in. And airplanes only have a couple of miles of altitude in which to fly. Once you get into space, there's not only a whole lot more miles of altitude to inhabit, but the farther you go up, the more space there is. (Think about it like this: Draw a small circle. Now draw a bigger circle around it. Do that a couple of times. Now, start at the center of the circle and draw a line to the edge of the biggest circle. Do that again. Notice how the point where the lines intersect the circle get farther away as the circles get bigger? Same idea with altitudes. The farther up you go, the more room you have on that circle...or in that altitude.)
So, in order for these two satellites to collide, they had to be over the same bit of ground, at the same altitude, at the same time. Looking at the satellites' orbits (top inset picture here) , these two satellites were rarely over the same bit of ground at the same time. Add in that they needed to be at the same altitude (objects in orbit are constantly losing altitude. It's not a lot, but that's why you sometimes hear of satellites needing to be "boosted" in orbit, or the space station needing to fire it's engines in order to increase the altitude. So, satellites are always changing altitude. It's slow, but over time it makes a difference.), and the odds have to be astoundingly low. It just boggles my mind thinking about all the things that had to come together to get these two little specks (compared to the gianourmous size of space) to collide.
Also, the Astronomy Picture of the Day is a very cool web site and should be in everyone's RSS feed. (What! You don't have an rss reader? Start here. Best thing since the iPod...which is even better than sliced bread.)


Experience the utlimate adrenaline rush by being strapped on top of the wing of a 1940s vintage Boeing Stearman biplane.
Thought that Thorpe Park, or Alton Towers was adrenaline enough? Well think again! Feel the wind in your hair as you reach 130 miles per hour during steep turns, climbing to 1,000 feet and descents down to 100 feet! Wave to your friends and family as you woosh past them.
Now in our 11th seaons of wing walking at Damyns Hall Aerodrome, London. Wing walking started in the 1920s, when flying circuses travelled around America spreading the news of aviation, "looping the loop", parachute jumping and wing walking. Wing walking was revived in the UK in 1962, when the Tiger Club fitted a wing walking rig to a Tiger Moth for air displays.
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The first man to wing walk was Ormer Locklear in 1918 on a Curtis Jenny biplane. Legend has it that he first climbed out onto the lower wings during his pilot training in the Army Air Service during World War IYour Wing Walk
Through the 1920s, flying circuses travelled around America spreading the news of aviation, "looping the loop", parachute jumping and wing walkingAbout Us
Wing walking was revived in the UK in 1962, when the Tiger Club fitted a wing walking rig to a Tiger Moth for air displaysWing Walking History
The Tiger Club is now based at Damyns Hall and while they no longer use the Tiger Moth for wing walking, they do offer experience flights to the publicWing Walking History
Stearman biplanes carrying wing walkers first appeared in the UK in the 1980s, famously sponsored by Cadburys and Utterly ButterlyFrequently Asked Questions
We have been operating Stearman biplanes since 1995. They are enormously robust aircraft with a great safety record, and a good support networkContact Us
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SpaceX and NASA on Wednesday launched a crew of astronauts from around the world for a trip to the International Space Station.
The role of the former US Marine Corps pilot can be considered the quarterback of the crew.
Mann’s historic journey – and his first trip to space since joining NASA’s astronaut corps in 2013 – is set to kick off at 12 p.m. ET on Wednesday, when Mann and his three crewmates will board their spacecraft atop a 230-foot (70-meter-tall) SpaceX rocket set to lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They will travel to the International Space Station for a five-month stay, joining a long list of astronauts to serve as full-time staff aboard the orbiting laboratory, which has hosted humans for nearly 22 years.
On his trip, Mann will take a few souvenirs with him: his wedding rings, a surprise gift for his family and a dreamcatcher his mother gave him.
“It will be a special part of my childhood, my community and my family,” Mann told reporters at a press conference on Saturday, just after arriving by plane at the launch site.
His teammates will also represent a wide range of cultural backgrounds. She will fly alongside fellow NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, a native of Minnesota; Koichi Wakata of the Japanese space agency, called JAXA, or Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency; and Anna Kikina, a Roscomos cosmonaut who joined this mission as part of a US-Russian rideshare deal.
“I take great pride in representing Native Americans and my heritage,” Mann said. “I think it’s important to celebrate our diversity and realize how important it is to collaborate and come together, the incredible accomplishments we can have.”
Mann grew up in northern California and is a registered member of the Wailacki Tribe of the Round Valley Reservation, which includes several native tribes who were forced to join the same post-colonial reservation in the mid-1800s.
“A lot of my extended family still lives in that area,” Mann told Indian Country Today in August. “We actually got together a few weeks ago for a family reunion. So it’s very important, I think, that we continue to make those connections. »
A colonel in the Marine Corps, Mann began a military career as a second lieutenant in 1999, according to the NASA website. Two years later, she began flight training and served two deployments, supporting combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to NASA. She then earned a test pilot spot, flying F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft.
Mann said she didn’t realize until later in her life that she wanted to be an astronaut – and that such a role was doable.
“I was in my twenties,” she told reporters in August. “I realized that being an astronaut was not just something that was a possible dream, but actually something that is completely achievable. I think as a young girl, I just didn’t realize that was an opportunity and a possibility.
After being selected for NASA’s astronaut corps in 2013, Mann waited years before being assigned to a mission. And after being slotted into her role on Crew-5, Mann spent 18 months in intensive training, including practicing underwater spacewalks and studying Russian to better communicate with her cosmonaut counterparts.
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Mann’s mission, dubbed Crew-5, will mark the sixth astronaut launch SpaceX has conducted in partnership with NASA since 2020 as part of a larger effort to outsource human spaceflight and other spacecraft activities. ISS to the private sector.
In his role as commander, Mann will be responsible for ensuring the spacecraft is on track from launch to docking with the ISS and again when it returns home with the four crew-member astronauts. 5 next year. Never before has a woman taken on the role of commander on a SpaceX mission, although a few women held the position during the Space Shuttle program, which NASA retired in 2011.
In the years after NASA was founded in the mid-20th century, astronauts were all white men, even during the final days of the space agency’s famed Apollo program. That only changed when Sally Ride became the first American woman in space in 1983, and she was followed soon after by the first black person in space, Guion Bluford.
READ MORE: Meet the Color Space Pioneers Who Made Others Dream
Since then, NASA has worked to diversify its astronaut corps. The space agency’s new human spaceflight program, called Artemis, aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon.
The Artemis program hasn’t started yet, as NASA is still working to get its mega lunar rocket off the ground. But Mann was selected as one of 18 astronauts who could be assigned to the program’s first moon landing mission.
Artemis’ diverse group of astronauts have taken turns traveling to the ISS, where they’re conducting science experiments and maintaining the aging space station, as well as preparing for a possible trip to the ISS. deep space later this decade.
“What we’re going to do in low Earth orbit is a stepping stone to achieving those deep space exploration goals,” Mann said, using the term “low Earth orbit” to refer to the area of space where the ‘ISS orbit. . “We’re going to get a ton of experience flying in low Earth orbit, and any of us could be assigned to an Artemis mission in the future. And hopefully we’ll walk on the moon together one day. . ”
On Saturday, Mann also commented on the importance of having astronauts with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds.
“We hope it inspires young children around the world who come from diverse and different backgrounds,” she said. “In fact, I hope it also inspires adults to follow your dreams and realize that any limitations we may have had in the past are starting to be broken.”


landed safely yesterday
, but only after a series of complex maneuvers as it descended at high speed through the atmosphere, known by the team as the “seven minutes of terror.” NASA has just
shared a hair-raising image
of the rover as it dangled from its jetpack above the Martian landscape, making that terror a lot easier to understand.
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Dizzying view of Perseverance mid-descent makes its ‘7 minutes of terror’ feel very real