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SpaceX almost ran out of money in 2008 and had one last chance to launch a rocket to orbit. Its one remaining rocket began to implode while flying on board a C-17 jet, according to a new book. So ...

I spend a lot of time with jet engines as part of my PhD, trying to improve them. This one is a Concorde engine — it’s a demonstration model that’s used to show where the various components of the ...

But flight engineers were crucial in those early decades of jet travel, responsible for monitoring the aircraft systems throughout the flight. Then, in the late 1980s, the landscape started to shift.

Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel. With potentially major benefits for energy security and the ...

Goodrich and JET Engineering have advanced the MD-80 engine exhaust nozzles to comply with Stage 4/Chapter 4 noise standards. This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week ...