Get a dose of #MorningMotivation from a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman and one of our NASA Astronauts! 👨🏽🚀✈️
On Wednesday, Feb. 5 at 11:30 a.m. EST, retired Air Force Col. Charles McGee, who served during World War II, joins astronaut Alvin Drew, who logged more than 612 hours in space, to talk about their experiences and what it means to be a trailblazer. Tune in and be inspired to follow your dreams.
Iris will provide a safe and secure text-based data link between pilots and air traffic control (ATC) networks using satellite technology.
The programme is developed under a public-private partnership between ESA and Inmarsat, and will help relieve pressure on the aviation sector’s congested radio frequency communication channels.
It will so as part of the European Commission’s Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) masterplan to modernise Europe’s air traffic management.
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On March 2, NASA’s acting Administrator, Robert Lightfoot spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Aviation Summit in Washington, about how the agency’s technology advancements have helped transform the aviation industry. Lightfoot was then joined by Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau, who is a former astronaut and Canadian Space Agency president, and Carol Hallett, counselor to the chamber, for a discussion with NASA’s Shane Kimbrough and Peggy Whitson, via satellite from the International Space Station. The two talked about the vast array of research and technology development conducted aboard the station. Also, Anniversary of One-Year Crew’s Return, IceCube SmallSat Ready for Launch, Orion Propulsion Qualification Module Installed, Small Business Industry Awards, and African American Pioneers in Aviation and Space!
A little more than a century ago, on March 3, 1915, congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, the organization from which NASA was created in 1958.
Now, on National Aviation Day, we celebrate 100 years of aviation research, and we’re planning for the next 100 years!
NASA has awarded the first place prize of $1.3M to Team Pipistrel in its Green Flight Challenge. Both Pipistrel, and second-place eGenius, flew all-electric aircraft at more than 375 miles on the equivalent of one gallon of fuel. Also, ISS Preps, Nobel Prize; Earth and comet water; ozone depletion; SpaceFarm7, and more.
President Barack Obama’s new plan for NASA.
