A single-engine prop Cessna Caravan has reportedly become the first airplane to autonomously complete a cross-continental flight across the United States. Overseen by the aeronautics company Joby, the retrofitted aircraft began its challenge in Concord, California, on September 7, ultimately traveling 3,199 miles with no assistance from its onboard human safety pilot. However, the plane
Brown’s is no stranger to the country and hoped to raise £5,000 for three charities – MacMillan Cancer Support, St Luke’s Hospice and Children’s Hospice South West. In 2001 be became the first Briton to run across the country covering 3,000 miles (4828.032km) in 60 days, before in 2003 he cycled the route becoming the
NASA has declared “wrenches down” on the first completed payload designed for Artemis astronauts to deploy on the Moon’s surface. Engineers working on NASA’s Lunar Environment Monitoring Station, or LEMS, have completed hardware development and testing and the payload is ready for its permanent home near the lunar South Pole. With the hardware complete, LEMS
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate without a direct connection to Earth. NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Navigation and Operations Technology Experiment, or CAPSTONE, validated and advanced these capabilities. Designed to test and validate technologies in lunar orbit, CAPSTONE launched
HONOLULU– A Grand Canyon river rafting guide who aspired to become the first American woman to paddle solo across the mid-Pacific completed an unprecedented journey from California to Hawaii. Hundreds of people gathered to cheer on Kelsey Pfendler as she arrived at Honolulu Harbor Friday night in her 21-foot rowboat, Lily, after nearly a month