It would get the opportunity to try to do just that in February 1945, when it was contracted to create the Type 106, eventually to be known as the Comet jet. As there had never been an aircraft ...

Source: BBC Displays at the museum in London Colney, which is dedicated to the preservation and display of de Havilland aircraft, include the fuselage of one of three Comet 1A airliners built at ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has issued a warning for a monstrous asteroid that is expected to rocket past Earth on ...

Wendy Lewis, now in her 70s and living in St Albans, was a secretary at the de Havilland Aircraft Co. in 1958. "I was present at the very first test flight of the newly-designed Comet Airliner by ...

Airplane tires may typically be smaller than truck tires, but despite bearing far more weight at much higher speeds (for comparably shorter amounts of time) they're typically quite durable.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The comet was discovered on August 12, 2023 by Hideo Nishimura during 30-second exposures with a ... [+] standard digital camera.

One expert predicts that the comet could reach peak brightness by the second week of October, nearly as bright as Venus, making it faintly visible even in daylight. We could see a comet pass ...

References used to create this graphic: American Chemical Society. “When a Good Relationship Turns Toxic: Ozone on Airplanes.” Accessed Aug. 19, 2024. National Research Council (US ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. We are now coming down the home stretch regarding comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. First sighted at China ...

We provide the latest details on this comet, which might (or might not!) blossom into a bright naked-eye object in our October evening skies. We are now coming down the home stretch regarding ...

Some 700 paratroopers took part in the jump, including the Red Devils, the British Army’s freefall parachute display team. The event commemorates the anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem, part of ...