Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for Orbital Test Flight in 2014
The Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 is scheduled to launch the first unmanned Orion crew cabin into a high altitude Earth orbit in 2014 atop a Delta 4 heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Plane Crashes on Landing at Teterboro
A plane on short final to New Jersey's bustling Teterboro Airport (TEB) burst into flames in a dramatic accident today – marking the third newsworthy incident at the airport this year.
Chinese Government Announces Construction of Second Beijing Airport to Begin Later This Year
China's Civil Aviation Administration has announced that construction of a second Beijing airport will likely begin later this year in an effort to alleviate congestion at the existing airport, currently the world's second busi...
On This Day in Aviation History: November 2nd
Howard Hughes flies the Spruce Goose for the first and only time, the ISS gets its first residents and more...
Pilot Gets Lost, Wreaks Havoc at JFK
A retired Navy pilot flying his home-built plane from Virginia to Long Island made a wrong turn along the way, leaving him smack in the middle of Kennedy Airport's bustling airspace and perilously close to an inbound 747.