Interesting Engineering

X-62A VISTA: World’s only self-flying F-16 advances path to autonomous air combat

Lockheed Martin is using a modified F-16 fighter jet to teach artificial intelligence how to fly, maneuver, and eventually ...
Gizmodo

Your Next Flight Might Be Directed From Space

If you’re traveling during the holiday season, then you’ll likely be anticipating the dreaded packed airports and flight delays. There may soon be a reason to rejoice, however, as a space-based system ...
SpaceNews

Blue Origin targets four-flight campaign for New Glenn’s path to Space Force certification

Blue Origin’s New Glenn lifts off on the NG-2 mission Nov. 13. Credit: Blue Origin ORLANDO, Fla. — Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket will have to complete four successful orbital flights as its pathway ...
The Hill

Russia is out of the human spaceflight business — for now

A Soyuz rocket lifted off from the Site 31 pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan recently, carrying Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikayev, and NASA astronaut Christopher ...
USA Today

Is NASA closing Goddard Space Flight Center? Here's what to know

Workers and lawmakers have raised concerns that the closures could delay multi-billion-dollar missions. NASA has stated the actions are part of a long-term master plan to upgrade the campus and will ...
CBS News

NASA astronaut joins Russian cosmonauts for Thanksgiving Day ride to International Space Station

American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International ...
Wall Street Journal

NASA and Boeing Scale Back Starliner Missions After Fumbled Astronaut Flight

In March, a SpaceX craft carrying astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams splashed down near Florida after a 17-hour journey from the International Space Station. Photo: Getty Images Boeing’s ...
New Atlas

Next Starliner flight will carry cargo instead of crew

Boeing has suffered another setback after NASA renegotiated its agreement with the company. Under the new contract, on its next flight o the International Space Station (ISS), Boeing's Starliner ...
PC Gamer

This $150 controller from Honeycomb Aeronautical has not one, not two, not three, but four integrated Throttle Levers for the flight sim sickos

Personally, when I hear Honeycomb, I think of ice cream—and then the consequences my lactose intolerant-self would have to face were I to indulge. However, for flight sim fans, there’s only Honeycomb ...
The Verge

The Echo Aviation Controller puts a flight simulator in your hands

The wireless gamepad includes four throttle levers, a trim wheel, rudder paddles, and even a parking brake. The wireless gamepad includes four throttle levers, a trim wheel, rudder paddles, and even ...
USA Today

FAA ends shutdown-era flight limits as controller staffing rebounds

The FAA is lifting all commercial flight restrictions at 40 major U.S. airports. The restrictions were put in place due to air traffic control safety concerns during the government shutdown. The ...