Drones Are Getting Their Own Air Traffic Control With No Need For Humans

Drones are buzzing around the sky delivering products to customers, snapping videos and photos and conducting search and rescue missions, making it necessary for all of these high-flying machines to be regulated with their own air traffic system set to launch by 2025. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration and corporations to research requirements necessary for a drone traffic management system, and whatever they learn will be tested this summer, according to the Los Angeles Times .

New crack in one of Greenland’s largest glaciers

The first photographs of a new and ominous crack in Greenland's enormous Petermann Glacier were captured by a NASA airborne mission Friday. NASA's Operation IceBridge, which has been flying over northwest Greenland for the past several days, took the photos after being provided coordinates by Stef Lhermitte, a professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, who had spotted the oddly located chasm by examining satellite images.

Trump signs NASA bill, ponders sending Congress to space

Fromm left, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. share a laugh in the Oval Office of the White House in Washignton, Tuesday, March 21, 2017... WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump signed legislation Tuesday adding human exploration of Mars to NASA's mission.

Scientists Have Discovered An Entire System Of Earth-Like Exoplanets

In the latest news about the continued search for Earth-like planets outside the Solar System, NASA announced today the discovery of an entire system of Earth-like exoplanets orbiting a star just 40 light-years away: Not just one, but seven Earth-size planets that could potentially harbor life have been identified orbiting a tiny star not too far away, offering the first realistic opportunity to search for signs of alien life outside of the solar system. The planets orbit a dwarf star named Trappist-1, about 40 light years, or some 235 trillion miles, from Earth.

Continue reading Black Girl Magic: “Hidden Figures” Outshines “La La Land” at U.S. Box Office a ‘

Looks like the myth that Black films can't make big money in Hollywood is about to become a thing of the past. In early February, "Hidden Figures" passed "La La Land" as the top-grossing Oscar-nominated film in Hollywood this season.

Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome

In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, six carefully selected scientists entered this geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Maun... . This image provided by NASA shows the planet Mars.

SpaceX prepares first rocket launch since explosion

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday, marking the company's first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload of 10 satellites for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.

SpaceX launches first rocket since explosion in Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Saturday, marking the company's first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than four months ago. The two-stage rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:54 a.m. carrying a payload of 10 satellites for Iridium Communications Inc., which is replacing its entire global network with 70 next-generation satellites.

President Obama to NASA: Thanks for Sending My Signature to Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover arrived at the Red Planet in 2012, carrying a special embellishment: a plaque with signatures from the country's top officials, including U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Last night , Obama responded to a NASA tweet about that plaque with a thank you, calling it "out of this world."

SpaceX: Failure of helium storage tank caused September rocket explosion

Four months after a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a Florida launch pad, SpaceX said Monday that the cause was a failed composite overwrapped pressure vessel used to store liquid helium. In the final update to its investigation, the space company said one of three such tanks in the rocket's larger, second-stage liquid oxygen tank failed, probably after a buildup of liquid oxygen between the vessel's aluminum inner liner and its carbon overwrap ignited.

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Russian space cargo ship destroyed

An unmanned Russian cargo ship loaded with more than 2.5 tonnes of food and supplies for the International Space Station has broken apart about six minutes after lift-off, Russia's space agency Roscosmos says. A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress capsule blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as planned on Thursday morning, a NASA TV broadcast showed.

Bullen Ultrasonics Achieves AS9100 Quality Management Certification for the Aerospace Industry

"Our commitment to adhere to AS9100, the strictest of quality standards for the aerospace industry, will further propel the growth of our machining services for ceramic matrix composites." - Tim Beatty, president of Bullen Ultrasonics Bullen Ultrasonics , a globally recognized pioneer and leader in ultrasonic machining, announced today its achievement of certification to the aerospace industry's AS9100 quality management standard.