Twenty-two girls sat at their desks in the upstairs classrooms of the Century of Flight Hangar in Houston County. The classroom’s purple walls were decorated with STEM and science-themed posters. Pencils, markers, and scissors filled the green organizers in the center of each desk. “Star,” the instructor called. “Base,” the girls responded. It was the […]
Insights from the The Guardian, BBC Global News podcast, and The Conversation The News China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the moon’s far side on Sunday in a landmark mission to collect lunar rock and soil samples and return them to Earth. It’s the first time any space agency has tried to return samples using […]
LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — A United Airlines flight that was traveling from Barcelona to Dulles delayed landing on Sunday afternoon. A passenger told DC News Now that at about 1:10 p.m., United Airlines flight 991 was about 200 feet from touch down when the pilot decided to take off again. The passenger […]
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon on Sunday, a landmark mission which aims to retrieve rocks and soil from the lunar surface, China’s space agency said. The landing elevates China’s space power status in a global rush to the moon, where countries, including the United States, are […]
May 31—The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a helicopter’s hard landing this morning in Kailua-Kona. According to the FAA’s preliminary report, a Robinson R22 helicopter made a hard landing at about 8:45 a.m. near Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport. The FAA says two people were on board the helicopter. The helicopter’s registration number is N333PJ, […]
An American Airlines flight leaving for Boston’s Logan International Airport was ordered to abort takeoff to avoid crashing into another landing plane. The incident happened around 10:21 a.m. Wednesday morning at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. “An air traffic controller cancelled the takeoff clearance for American Airlines Flight 2134 because another aircraft […]
The cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida became a scene of panic and confusion Sunday when passengers were told to prepare for a possible water landing after the aircraft was turned around due to an apparent mechanical problem, a passenger told CNN. The Airbus plane, which was headed to Fort Lauderdale, […]
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — A Southwest flight heading to Tampa from Denver diverted to Colorado Springs and evacuated passengers onto the tarmac, after flight attendants reportedly smelled smoke in the cabin. The Colorado Springs (COS) Airport confirmed to FOX21 News that a Southwest flight was diverted to COS and passengers were evacuated then bussed to the […]
A small airplane flipped over on landing at Pierson Municipal Airport Sunday evening causing minor injuries to one of the occupants, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. A single-engine Cessna airplane flipped over on landing at the Pierson Municipal Airport Sunday. The airport, located at 100 E. Washington Ave., is owned by the town of […]
A military aircraft suffered a blown tire while attempting to land at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport causing a runway to be shut down for three hours. Nobody was injured in the incident, which took place Friday at about 5:25 p.m. while a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker owned by the 128th Air Refueling Wing was attempting to […]
China’s robotic Chang’e 6 sample-return mission to the lunar far side is now in orbit around the moon, gearing up for its landing attempt. The multi-component spacecraft is scheduled to touch down in early June in the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, a giant impact feature about 1,550 miles (2,500 kilometers) wide. Chang’e 6 is currently […]
Oliver Glasner replied with an emphatic “no” when asked if he expected his first three months in charge of Crystal Palace would result in his new side equalling a best-ever top-10 Premier League finish. The mood was sour in south London when the Austrian took over a relegation-threatened Eagles side in February, a nadir best […]