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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident where a Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 overflew its destination field at Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain Airport (MSP).
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 5:56 pm mountain daylight time,
an Airbus A320, N03274, operating as Northwest Airlines (NWA) flight
188, became a NORDO (no radio communications) flight at 37,000 feet.
The flight was operating as a Part 121 flight from San Diego
International Airport, San Diego, California (SAN) to MSP with 147
passengers and unknown number of crew.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its determination on the aviation accident that claimed the life of Steve Fossett.
"The Board determined that the aircraft, a Bellanca 8KCAB-180 (N240R) struck mountainous terrain near Mammoth Lakes, California following an inadvertent encounter with downdrafts that exceeded the climb capability of the airplane. Contributing to the accident were the downdrafts, high density altitude, and mountainous terrain."
The Hubble Space Telescope was repaired and enhanced during the STS-125 mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Launched on May 11, 2009, the 11 day mission included some five spacewalks to make repairs and upgrades to the telescope, leaving it more capable and hopefully prepared to last another five years.
This educational video will explain astronomy for kids in a fun and engaging style with exciting computer animation and breath-taking images from the Hubble Telescope.
When the Hubble Space Telescope was launched, unknown to NASA and its JPL scientists there was a problem with a mirror inside. This video explains the mistake and how NASA went about to fix the trouble using science and careful research.
Illustrated by spectacular Hubble Space Telescope pictures, archival video and interviews with the scientists, students will learn how Hubble went from an embarrassment to one of the most important scientific instruments in history.
Educators please note that this is the story of the first Hubble repair mission, not the flight in 2009. It provides a foundation for classroom discussion of the final Hubble repair and a theoretical basis for optical science fair projects in optics and astronomy.
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This is about a NASA effort to develop commercial aircraft cockpit synthetic vision systems aboard a Gulfstream V business jet. The science and technology behind this program have application to the light general aviation and airline air transport sectors as well.
The cockpit panels look more and more like computer flight simulators!
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