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Air traffic controllers reportedly warned about the hazards of helicopter traffic near the airport for years leading up to ...
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...
Researchers pose with the three sounding rockets. The probes will carry scientific instruments into the ionosphere during April's solar eclipse. NASA / Berit Bland Sounding rockets are an ideal ...
It still delivered the same altitude challenges considering it is more than 7,000 feet above sea level. "I actually raced in Mexico once before," Ware said, per Rick Ware Racing.
"If the helicopter had maintained its altitude at 200 feet, there would have been no collision," Feith explained. "The jet’s altitude was expected to be around 400 feet, leaving enough clearance.
A note: many observatories not on this list feature striking high-altitude vistas. However, observatory boards are understandably reluctant to promote tourism for telescopes that sit at the same ...
NASA will launch sounding rockets and WB-57 high-altitude planes to conduct research on aspects of the sun and Earth that‘s only possible during an eclipse. The efforts are part of a long ...