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The worlds largest aircraft had a successful engine test

Posted in Hardware on 3rd Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller

The Stratolaunch is one step closer to flight

Paul Allen making the largest plane ever for Stratolaunch

Posted in Science on 23rd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Stratolaunch will be a air-launch platform for orbital satellites and will rank among the largest aircraft in history; its wingspan alone will stretch the length of a football field.

NASA tests new wing shape for future Mars planes

Posted in Hardware on 22nd Sep, 2015
by Alex Muller

The space agency has been considering a boomerang-like aircraft for future Mars exploration for quite some time.

To keep airplanes on the map, track them from space

Posted in Science on 30th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

The technology exists, but will airlines use it?

Aircraft passengers to receive high-speed in-flight internet access

Posted in Online on 9th Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller

Satellite communications firm Inmarsat has announced that it is to deliver a new broadband service for airline passengers in the EU.