What happens when aircraft operate in snowy conditions?
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NASA Wallops Supports First Rocket Lab HASTE Launch of 2026
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility supported a Rocket Lab HASTE suborbital launch from the company’s Launch Complex 2 in Virginia on Feb. 27, 2026. The mission, called Cassowary Vex, supported a flight of a hypersonic test platform for the Department of War’s Defense Innovation Unit. The NASA Wallops launch range supported by providing services such as tracking, telemetry, and range safety […]
Total Lunar Eclipse
The Moon appears red during a total lunar eclipse over New Orleans, home of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, on March 3, 2026. This “blood moon” occurs during a total lunar eclipse, as Earth lines up between the Moon and the Sun. When this happens, the only light that reaches the Moon’s surface is from the edges […]
500 Lufthansa Passengers Confined To Parked Planes Overnight
On Thursday, February 19th, hundreds of travelers had to sleep inside parked aircraft at Munich Airport – the result of delays, heavy snowfall, and an unavailability of bus drivers to shuttle them back to the airport from remote stands.According to The Independent, some 500 travellers had to spend the night like this after six late-night flight cancellations.
New images show progress on HS2’s Curzon Street station
Engineers working for the HS2 project completed the last of more than 2,000 concrete piles that will underpin the foundations of Birmingham’s Curzon Street station this week, as new images were published showing how the public spaces around the building will look. Stretching for more than 400 metres between Moor Street station and Millennium Point, […]