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Astronaut Megan McArthur has retired from NASA, ending more than two decades with the space agency. McArthur launched on two spaceflights, logging 213 days in orbit across her nearly 25 years, and held leadership positions at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. She lifted off on her first mission in 2009, aboard space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-125 mission — …

Ed Galkin is about to add another adventure to his astonishing flight resume. Galkin has flown around the world four times, most recently in 2022, in the same single-engine plane the retired dentist purchased in 1977. Now he’s getting ready for a 37-day, 8,800-mile journey that is starting and finishing in New Jersey. It will be highlighted by two crossings …

Robotaxis are braving the notoriously hectic New York City streets, as Waymo wins coveted approval to test its autonomous vehicles. The self-driving ride-share company has been granted the first pilot permit by the city of New York. This permits the company to train its camera, LIDAR, and RADAR systems on the busy NYC grid. Other autonomous vehicle companies, including competitor Tesla, have …

Waymo, the company synonymous with self-driving taxis on the West Coast, is now allowed to start testing out the congested streets of New York City. The Department of Transportation issued a permit on Friday allowing the company, which is owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, to test out eight self-driving cars with a driver in the vehicle. The pilot period …

Fighter jet crashes off Virginia coast; Navy pilot rescued from waters  13newsnow.com Navy pilot rescued after ejecting from jet off Virginia coast  WAVY.com Pilot Safe After Super Hornet Crash off Virginia Beach  USNI News Oceana pilot ejects in Atlantic, is rescued off Virginia coast  The Virginian-Pilot Pilot rescued after U.S. fighter jet crashes off coast of Virginia  CBS News Source link

‘Dawson’s Creek’ Cast to Reunite for Live Pilot Reading for Charity ad Source link

Swiss pilot Raphael Domjan beat the altitude record for a solar-powered electric plane in a flight that took him soaring to 9,521 meters, or 31,237 feet, his team announced Wednesday. The SolarStratos plane made the landmark flight from Sion airport in southwest Switzerland on Tuesday, taking advantage of warm air thermals to go beyond the record that has stood for …

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today officially kicked off President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, announcing DOE will initially work with 11 advanced reactor projects to move their technologies towards deployment. DOE will work with industry on these 11 projects, with the goal to construct, operate, and achieve criticality of at least three test reactors using the DOE …

Pilot and lineman who died in Thursday’s helicopter crash identified  KSDK 2 dead after helicopter crashes into Mississippi River barge north of St. Louis  FOX 2 Video shows helicopter crash into barge on Mississippi River  CNN Understanding helicopters used in utility work after deadly crash  KMOV Two Men Identified in Helicopter Crash  RiverBender.com Source link

Black Hawk pilot launches challenge to battleground House Republican Nick LaLota  Politico Source link