Boeing’s 787 has completed final high-speed taxi tests and is all set for first flight! The maiden voyage will be documented online of course. The live webcast is to begin today at 9:40 AM PST (17:40 GMT) at the following webpage: Boeing 787 Dreamliner First Flight Just click “Webcast” in the top right corner to [...]
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Live Webcast of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner’s First Flight Today! (Update: Boeing 787 Dreamliner Completes First Flight!)
Posted: December 15, 2009 in AerospaceTags: Boeing 787, Dreamliner, first flight, Live Webcast
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December’s Geminid Meteor Shower: Best Meteor Shower of 2009
Posted: December 12, 2009 in AerospaceTags: Gemini Constellation, Geminid Meteor Shower, NASA
According to NASA, tomorrow night will be a great opportunity to see one of the best meteor showers of the year. It is visible for the “mid-northern latitudes” high above the eastern horizon near the constellation of Gemini (weather permitting of course). They almost never disappoint and at peak viewing it is estimated that some [...]
Russia Has Some New Competition… But That’s a Good Thing
Posted: December 8, 2009 in AerospaceTags: Commercial Space Travel, Spaceship, SpaceShipTwo, SS2, Virgin Galactic, VMS Eve
To say that the Russians have had a bit of an exclusive niche when it comes to putting civilians into space is an understatement. But the one man that is almost synonymous with entrepreneurship is keen on changing all of that. I am of course referring to Sir Richard Branson who has made the Virgin [...]
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Closer To First Flight (Update: Static Test Analysis Completed)
Posted: December 1, 2009 in AerospaceTags: 787, Boeing, Dreamliner, first flight
Boeing announced today that the static test needed to validate the “side-of-body modifications” made to the 787 has been completed. The wing and trailing edges of the airframe were subject to its limit load (around 2.5 times the force of gravity). The full test analysis should be completed within 10 days or so. Boeing has [...]
