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6:30pm, 28th March, 2019

Bumblebee Queens Prefer Layovers to Nonstop Flights

Scientists tracked bumblebee queens with radar when they emerged from hibernation, and found the bees take only brief flights en route to a new nest. Christopher Intagliata reports.-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

FAA certificate offers new details on Stratolaunch’s plans for test flights of world’s largest aircraft

7:26pm, 11th February, 2019

Space

FAA certificate offers new details on Stratolaunch’s plans for test flights of world’s largest aircraft

Stratolaunch’s giant airplane sits on the tarmac at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo) The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the world’s largest airplane for takeoff — but it’s not yet clear exactly when , the aero...

Stratolaunch will perform about 15 test flights under FAA’s experimental airworthiness certificate

6:22pm, 11th February, 2019

Space

Stratolaunch will perform about 15 test flights under FAA’s experimental airworthiness certificate

Stratolaunch’s giant airplane sits on the tarmac at California’s Mojave Air and Space Port. (Stratolaunch Photo) The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the world’s largest airplane for takeoff — but it’s not yet clear exactly when , the aero...

12:08pm, 3rd August, 2018

Space

NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space station

The crews for the first four flights on SpaceX and Boeing space taxis wave to the cameras after their introduction at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas. (NASA via YouTube) NASA unveiled the first nine astronauts for its commercial crew missions to...

10:17pm, 2nd August, 2018

Space

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship docking with the International Space Station, plus a cargo-carrying version of the Dragon in the foreground. (SpaceX Illustration via NASA) NASA today for flying astronauts to the Internatio...

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Bumblebee Queens Prefer Layovers to Nonstop Flights

FAA certificate offers new details on Stratolaunch’s plans for test flights of world’s largest aircraft

Stratolaunch will perform about 15 test flights under FAA’s experimental airworthiness certificate

NASA names nine astronauts for SpaceX and Boeing flights to space station

NASA confirms new timetable for space taxi flights; SpaceX to fly crew next April

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