NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test Crew Arrival - YouTube

Liftoff on a ULA Atlas V rocket will be no earlier than 10:49 pm 6 May 2024 from Space Launch Complex-41,Cape Canaveral Space Force Station,Florida.*United Launch Alliance is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin. *Boeing (BA),Lockheed Martin (LMT)

2021 Astronaut Candidate Class Resource Reel (4K-UHD) - NASA Johnson Space Center

din The astronaut candidates,including two from the UAE,have gone through basic training for more than two years,to include:ISS Systems;spacewalk training;robotic operations;operating T-38 jets;wilderness survival;and much more,according to NASA.Most of the training takes place at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.Once assigned to a mission,the astronauts will receive more specific training for that mission,whether for the ISS,the Moon or Mars missions.

Apollo astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II remembered by NASA

He was also a Rear Admiral in the US Navy,and was one of only two astronauts to fly in both the Apollo and Space Shuttle Programs.

Advanced Technology Aircraft Carrier Joins Up With NATO Allies,Partners

On 4 October 2022,the US Navy's newest aircraft carrier,USS Gerald R. Ford,named for the 38th president and US Navy veteran of World War II,departed Naval Station Norfolk,Virginia on its maiden deployment to the Atlantic Ocean.The carrier is notable for its advanced electromagnetic technology.This includes the Electromagnetic Launching System (EMALS),which replaces the traditional steam catapults,that will up the number of aircraft launches per day by 25%.There are also electromagnetic weapons elevators,which will increase the speed of missile and bomb transport up to the flight deck from the warship's magazine.* So the deployment is being made directly under the Chief of Naval Operations,Admiral Mike Gilday,rather than the customary combatant commander,to enable the Navy to better assess the significance of the dozens of improvements made by this advanced technology.Partcipating in the multinational deployment will be 20 ships ;9,000 military personnel from 9 NATO Allies and Partners;and 60 US Navy aircraft.Said the Ford commanding officer,Captain Paul Lunzilatta: USS Gerald R. Ford is going to sail to the high seas with our Partners.We want interoperability,we want interchangeability with our Partners.Our NATO Partners that are sailing with us-we're going to work with them every day,every night.That's what it means to operate on the high seas.Air defence exercises.Long-range maritime strike.We're going to do pretty much every mission that's in the portfolio for naval aviation,and we're excited about that.* The deployment will involve air,maritime and ground assets from several NATO Allies and Partners in order to strengthen deterrence and defence efforts and improve effectiveness and interoperability,the Navy said.The drills will also encompass anti-subsurface warfare and distributed maritime operations.NATO Allies and Partners participating in the deployment are:Canada,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,the Netherlands,Spain, Sweden and the US.* The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group,Carrier Strike Group 12 (CSG 12),includes Carrier Air Wing 8 (CVW 8);Destroyer Squadron 2 (DESRON 2);guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60);Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Ramage (DDG 61),USS McFaul (DDG 74) and USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116);USNS Joshua Humphreys (T-AO-188);USNS Robert E. Perry (T-AKES);US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753);and a submarine.The late President Ford's daughter,Susan Ford Bales,is the new carrier's sponsor.Follow on members of the Gerald R. Ford-class include Pre-Commissioning Unit John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) and Pre-Commissioning Unit Enterprise (CVN 80).Lead contractor of the Ford-class is Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding (HII).*

What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission - Launch window opens on 3 0ctober 2022

What You Need to Know about NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission: NASA and SpaceX once again are gearing up to launch crew on an American rocket and spacecraft to the International Space Station on NASA's Space X Crew-5 mission.

MH-370:Big Shift in Search Area;Obama to Saudi Arabia

Of a sudden,the Australian Maritime Safety Authority shifted the search area for the MH-370 airliner.John Young,Managing Director of the agency,said the international investigating committee in Malaysia,folowing a re-analysis of radar data from when the plane was still in contact,had provided new information to the effect that the aircraft was traveling faster than had been thought,meaning it ran out of fuel before it could have reached the old search area.The new area is 1100 kilometers?700 miles northeast of the old area,bringing it out of the Roaring Forties,the area of the worst weather and sea states in the Indian Ocean.
The hundreds of pieces of debris previously spotted by satellites in the old search area may still be parts of the downed plane.They may have drifted from the new search area.
This shift is typical of such investigations,which are constantly reevaluating the situation.
The new area is 1044 miles due west of Perth,and cuts the air transit time from four hours to three.In consequence,search aircraft will use less fuel in transit,and so will have an extra hour to search.Couple that with better visbility and the new area is much more advantageous to searchers.
Satellites have been retasked to focus on the new area.Four of the ten aircraft scheduled for the day were already surveying the new site.It's not at all frustrating,because we train for this every day,said Commander William Marks,US Navy,spokesman for the Seventh Fleet,which is providing the advanced P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft to the effort.To the pilots and air crew,this is just what they train for.We have a continuous 24-hour presence over the region.This is one of our missions,and we're very proud to be a part of it.*
For the Americans,the visit of President Barack Obama to Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh today is to reassure Saudi Arabia that the US remains a loyal strategic partner.Saudi Arabia is concerned that the White House is getting too close to distrusted Iran,and that the President was weak when he cancelled plans to attack the Assad forces in Syria because of Congressional opposition.Despite growing US energy independence,the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia remains one of the United States' oldest and most important allies in the Middle East.

Shop Talk:Syria

Dear Readers,
I am trying to keep you informed about the Syria crisis across my family of blogs,providing facts perhaps the mainstream media have missed.Tonight I have published a story in my "Extra Content" blog that may interest you,"Russians Shadow US Navy Ships Near Syria."It details which US Navy ships are near Syria now and what the Russians are doing in the area.You may access the story by clicking on the "Extra Content" link in the link list right.
I have also revised my story "French President Stands By Obama" in this blog.Thank you for your interest.
Sincerely,
Andrew Taylor
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