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September 21, 2015

Airborne 09.21.15: B-29 'Doc' Is Alive!, PBOR 2 Progress, Space Exploration Delay Woes

Also: First 737 MAX Final Assembly, AVW, Heliport Opposition, 'Green' Rocket Propellant, Beluga XL, ForeFlight, Trans-Atlantic Divert

The group restoring the B-29 "Doc" to airworthy condition reached a major milestone last Friday morning. All four of the airplane's Wright R-3350 Dual Cyclone engines were started and run at their Wichita location. Watching an R-3350 spit, sputter and blow smoke during start is a sight and sound to behold. A tweeted message from Jerry Siebenmark said, "And it's a go! All four of Doc's engines are running." U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma announced Friday that his Pilot’s Bill of Rights 2 has surpassed 60 co-sponsors in the Senate and continues to garner support from outside organizations

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Magellan Aerospace Joins Student Spaceflight Experiment Program

SSEP Gives Students Ability To Design And Fly Experiments In Low-Earth Orbit

Magellan Aerospace has entered into an international partnership agreement with the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program (SSEP). The SSEP is a US-based, immersive program that was launched in June 2010 by the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education (NCESSE) that gives typically 300+ students across participating communities the ability to design and propose real microgravity experiments to fly in low Earth orbit on the International Space Station (ISS).

Will Be Recognized In Official Ceremony Monday

The West Virginia Mountaineers, winners of the 2015 Sample Return Robot Challenge, will be recognized for their achievement at an event from 3 to 4 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, in Room 385 of the Senate Russell Office Building in Washington.

Influencing Alignment Of Thousands Of Faults On The Lunar Surface

Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.

Marks First U.S. Tests Of 22N Thrusters Using ECAPS High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) Technology

The first U.S. test of a 22 Newton (N) thruster using a high-performance green propulsion system powered by a safe, low-toxicity rocket fuel, designated LMP-103S, provided by the Swedish firm, ECAPS, has been successfully completed by Orbital ATK.