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Payload Integration Underway For Arianespace's Next Soyuz Mission

Two Navigation Satellites To Be Delivered To Orbit August 21

The first of two Galileo navigation satellites to be orbited on Arianespace’s August 21 Soyuz flight has been integrated on its payload dispenser system, marking a key step as preparations advance for this medium-lift mission from French Guiana.

From Pole To Pole, NASA Flying Laboratories Study Our World

Aircraft Give Scientists A Close-Up View Satellites Can't Provide

NASA gains its global perspective of Earth through its fleet of 17 satellites orbiting our home planet. But sometimes scientists need to add a closer view to tackle certain challenging questions.

Boeing Announces $1 Million Gift To Fight Childhood Hunger In Washington State

Grant Will Allow Food Lifeline’s Kids Cafe Program To Serve Five Times More Children

Boeing will donate $1 million to help expand Food Lifeline’s Kids Cafe meals program in Washington state in an increased effort to fight childhood hunger, the company announced Tuesday.

USAF Thunderbirds To Headline Embry-Riddle’s Wings & Waves Air Show

More Than a Dozen Aerobatic Performers And Champions Take To The Skies Over Daytona Beach, FL In October

The world-renowned U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds will join an action-packed weekend of aerial performances by more than 40 aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean at Embry-Riddle’s Wings & Waves Air Show on Oct. 11-12, 2014, in Daytona Beach.

Global Hawk Reaches New Milestone, Expands Operational Area

Completed 100th Operational Mission, Racks Up Over 115,000 Flight Hours

The U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk, a wide area surveillance unmanned aircraft system, has just completed its 100th operational mission in Southwest Asia and recently moved into the Pacific region.

Guidance Aviation's Helicopter Supports Wildland Firefighters At Arizona Event

Private Screening Of 'Planes: Fire And Rescue' Helps Raise Over $7,500

The release of Disney's movie "Planes: Fire and Rescue" brought much needed support to our wildland firefighters nationally as private screenings of the firefighting movie were held across the country to raise funds for the Wildland Firefighters Foundation. Each private screening was organized by a local host.

NASA Selects Proposals For Advanced Energy Storage Systems

Devices Will Help Power Future Robotic And Human Exploration Missions

NASA has selected four proposals for advanced energy storage technologies that may be used to power the agency's future space missions.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (08.17.14)

Aero Linx: The Travel Air Restorers Association (TARA) The Travel Air Restorers Association (TARA) is an independent, nonprofit organization, formed in 1990, dedicated to the preservation of Travel Air aircraft, their history, engineering drawings, related artifacts, photographs and documentation with the objective to keep these aircraft flying for today's and future generations to enjoy and appreciate. To this end TARA will seek to promote the exchange of information and data among it's members and the public through it's newsletter, it's website and through both national and regional Fly-In's.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (08.17.14): Absolute Instability

Absolute Instability When the lapse rate of a column of air is greater than the dry adiabatic lapse rate. The term absolute is used because this applies whether or not the air is dry or saturated.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (08.17.14)

"Global Hawk delivers tremendous capabilities. "It offers unmatched range and persistence. As a result, combatant commander demand for the RQ-4 continues to skyrocket. Operational success has led one theater after another to request support from this high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft." Source: Col. Lawrence Spinetta, commander of the 69th Reconnaissance Group, in comments made as the RQ-4 completed its 100th operational mission in Southwest Asia and recently moved into the Pacific region.