Watch: Kids record cell phone video of unidentified submarine surfacing off the coast of Sweden

Footage and eyewitness accounts of an unidentified submarine surfacing near a sailing camp outside of Stockholm, Sweden, over the summer were released to the public earlier this week. The footage clearly shows a fairly small (by American nuclear submarine standards) submarine fitting military characteristics surface, where it remained for about 20 minutes before submerging once […]

Take a tour of the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule slated to take astronauts into orbit in April

Last week, NASA made two important announcements pertaining to the future of America’s manned space travel endeavors. The first announcement, which garnered the majority of the attention, was the list of astronauts slated to be the first ever to venture into space aboard commercial rockets. The second, however, tempered the excitement — acknowledging that the […]

The Pic of the Day: Relax and enjoy the view

NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Expedition 24 flight engineer, looks through a window in the Cupola of the International Space Station. A blue and white part of Earth and the blackness of space are visible through the windows. The image was a self-portrait using natural light. Image courtesy of NASA Watch NASA astronauts talk about […]

Watch: America’s fastest fighters take on the the Mach Loop in low flying passes

Although advanced fifth-generation platforms like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor tend to dominate the headlines, workhorse fourth-generation fighters like the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-15 Eagle remain the backbone of America’s air dominance around the globe. Despite being in operation for better than forty years, the F-15’s incredible thrust to weight ratio […]

‘Maverick’ C-130 pilot goes inverted: Watch this massive plane do a loop

Okay, so technically speaking it’s the C-130’s newest civilian counterpart, the LM-100J, but it comes equipped with the very same Rolls-Royce AE 2100 D3 turboprop engines and six-blade Dowty R391 propellers that come standard on its military sibling, but its availability on the civilian market doesn’t make seeing such a massive aircraft doing a loop […]

Watch: Stories From the Boneyard – Cool Video!

It’s one of the most recognizable landmarks in Tucson, yet it is one of the least understood. Sprawling over 2600 acres in southeast Tucson, adjacent to Davis- Monthan Air Force base, is what’s affectionately known as “the Boneyard”. The over 4000 aircraft stored there are part of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, and […]