Posted by Java Joe on July 30, 2020 · Leave a Comment
The 4-pound helicopter, Ingenuity, travels to Mars clutching the belly of the rover Perseverance. The atmosphere of Mars was just the start of the challenges that faced Ingenuity on its way to performing the first rotary wing test flight on Mars.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Akihiko Hoshide, apan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, European Space Agency, Kenneth Braithwaite, Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, Megan McArthur, NASA, Perserverance, Shane Kimbrough, Thomas Pesquet
Posted by Java Joe on September 4, 2019 · Leave a Comment
Hurricane Dorian continues up the East Coast as Navy and Air Force bases pull their resources inland and batten down in preparation.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Dorian, Dustin Ard, European Space Agency, Hoyer, Hurricane Dorian, John Bolton, locality pay, SpaceX, Steny Hoyer, Taliban, YouTube influencers
Posted by Java Joe on October 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment
Rosetta, the first spacecraft to orbit a comet, is dead, setting down Friday on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Radio signals from Rosetta flatlined at 7:19 am after it did a soft belly-flop.
Category Leader Features, Morning Coffee · Tags 3D printing, background checks, camo fashion, Comet67P, defense spending, European Space Agency, Juno spacecraft, open source software, P-8 Poseidon, Rosetta spacecraft, SpaceX Falcon 9
Posted by Java Joe on September 7, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The F-35 helmet is a marvel, expensive, and still not everything a pilot might wish for.
Category Morning Coffee · Tags Brexit, Brexit minister David Davis, Comet67P, defense spending bill, drone speedboat, European Space Agency, F-35 helmet, G-20, military suicides, Philae, USS Dwight D. Eisenhower