Pluto’s composition
Little is known about Pluto's atmosphere, but it probably consists primarily of nitrogen with some carbon monoxide and methane. It is extremely tenuous the surface pressure being only a few microbars. Pluto's atmosphere may exist as aThe first flight of Concorde
On March 2, 1969, there are exactly 40 years and three hours, the first prototype of the supersonic Concorde tore the ground for the first crystallizing the efforts of thousands of technicians and engineers and inaugurating a new era of civil air transport . Airport Toulouse-Blagnac, March 2, 1969, 15 h 38. The device was soon called - and still is - "the most beautiful airplane in the world" just rush in the end. The thousands of spectators and fans (we do not yet speak of spotters) are perfectly aware that a top civil aviation is being run. Finally, the captain and pilot Andre Turcat, which occupies the left seat, pull on the handle. The aircraft
The delivery flight of a Concorde was an April Fool
After the announcement (March 31) in several flights of Concorde at the upcoming Paris Air Show, many wanted to believe. But it was a joke that leaves a bitter taste in some …
A plastic that prevents before breaking
When subjected to a voltage too high, polymer blushes … It is then time to stop the twist. For this signal, U.S. physicists have included in the material of molecules capable of initiating chemical reactions under the effect of mechanical stress.
Airbus A380 which is scheduled arises at Roissy-CDG
In this Tuesday, June 2, 2009, the news is dominated by air the drama of flight AF 447 of Air France, the Airbus A330 jet, which disappeared yesterday at sea in the Atlantic Ocean. At a time when research takes place in an attempt to recover the remains of the aircraft, another Airbus flying between [...]
Salon du Bourget 2009: A crisis in the cuckoos and old to celebrate
This Monday, June 15, 2009 opened the forty-eighth edition of the Salon International de l’Aeronautique et de l’Espace, also known as the Paris Air Show. Bringing together the cream of the production of aeronautical earth, commercial, military, business and tourism, to Le Bourget airport, LFPB for pilots, north of Paris, the exhibition is reserved for [...]
Solar Impulse aircraft solar Bertrand Piccard, was built!
In 2012, Bertrand Piccard will pursue the full rotation of the planet in an airplane with a single source of energy is the sun. The first prototype, HB-SIA, will be used for preliminary tests. It has been presented. The goal? Demonstrate that solar energy can be used in many fields. “Nobody can pretend that you [...]
Apollo 11: footsteps on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not sleep long. They are currently equipped to finish inside the small lunar module Eagle. Hours earlier, the LM landed in a cloud of dust somewhere in the Sea of Tranquility, the smooth area that is easily identified with the naked eye, looking at the moon.
Viewed closely, the [...]
Space tourism: the WhiteKnightTwo stole
The aircraft carrier Virgin Galactic, which will carry the SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle designed for a suborbital parabola, has just made its first public flight at the airshow in Oshkosh, the United States.
Richard Branson, boss of Virgin Galactic, was aboard for the flight of WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. More great aviation event in the [...]
Fourth success in 2009 for Ariane 5
On the night of 21 to 22 August 2009, Arianespace has orbit two telecommunications satellites: JCSAT-12 for Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Optus D3 for the Australian operator Optus. Both payloads were respectively built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems and Orbital Sciences Corporation.
The success of the new launcher Ariane 5 is [...]
Space tourism: the WhiteKnightTwo stole
The aircraft carrier Virgin Galactic, which will carry the SpaceShipTwo, the vehicle designed for a suborbital parabola, has just made its first public flight at the airshow in Oshkosh, the United States.
Richard Branson, boss of Virgin Galactic, was aboard for the flight of WhiteKnightTwo (WK2), in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. More great aviation event in the [...]
Qatar Airways to fly a commercial aircraft with natural gas
The planes they will be sentenced by a kerosene-based oil expensive and rare? The airlines will step up efforts to ensure that this is not the case. After biofuels and solar planes, they prey on natural gas.
Qatar Airways has made October 12, 2009 the first commercial flight using natural gas as fuel. During the flight [...]
Solar Impulse, the solar airplane giant made its first steps
The huge plane, directed by Bertrand Piccard and his team, who one day would travel around the world with zero fuel is removed from its hangar. The prototype engines, HB-SIA, turned …
Methodical and meticulous, surprising the Solar Impulse project advance. Friday, November 6, HB-SIA has conducted its first taxi. This plane of 63.40 meters [...]
The flying car, the aerobilia the Skycar
Each weekend will now be subject to videos Futura. The opportunity to discuss or simply enjoy themselves under the aegis of science. In this weekend from mid-November, we propose to board a Arlesienne technology, the flying car!
During the last century, the flying car was probably one of the most fantasized objects of science fiction. Constantly [...]
The European GPS operational by 2014
Galileo, the European system of positioning satellites designed to compete with GPS U.S., will be available from 2014. The companies concerned have begun to receive orders …
The European Commission (EU) spent the first contracts for 14 satellite system Galileo, which will be built by the German firm OHB System AG. The contracts for the launch [...]
