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PurePower(R) PW800 Engine: Setting a New Standard on the Gulfstream G500 and G600 Program (Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp)

Edit Public Technologies 23 May 2016
(Source. Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp). LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwired - May 23, 2016) -. Editors Note. There are three photos associated with this press release. Pratt & Whitney Canada's (P&WC;'s) PurePower PW800 engine is delivering on its promises with regular flights ... This includes more than 300 flights and over 2,500 flight test hours on P&WC;'s advanced Boeing 747SP flying test bed and four Gulfstream G500 flight test aircraft ... Flying....

Atomic Oxygen Detected In Martian Atmosphere

Edit Slashdot 11 May 2016
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN. Atomic oxygen has been detected in the atmosphere of Mars, according to NASA ... SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jet that has been modified for research purposes to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope ... ....

Oxygen Detected For First Time In 40 Years

Edit Inquisitr 10 May 2016
For the first time in four decades, oxygen atoms have been detected in the atmosphere of Mars ... Mars’ oxygen atoms were located in the upper atmosphere of the Red Planet, known to scientists as the mesosphere ... SOFIA provides both capabilities.” ... [Photo by Vadim Sadovski/Shutterstock]In layman’s terms, SOFIA is a huge plane, a Boeing 747SP to be precise, outfitted with a 100-inch diameter telescope ... Mars Atmosphere....

Atomic Oxygen Has Been Detected In Mars' Atmosphere

Edit IFL Science 09 May 2016
As far as we know, we’re the only habitable planet in the Solar System. We have yet to discover life elsewhere, but Mars – even today – is a pretty good bet ... However, as researchers are continuously discovering, Mars was likely once far more habitable ... SOFIA, a flying observatory attached to a Boeing 747SP, looks at the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum ... “SOFIA provides both capabilities.” ... Photo Gallery. ....

NASA detects atomic oxygen in martian atmosphere

Edit Indian Express 08 May 2016
Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars (Source. NASA). Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time since the last observation 40 years ago. These atoms were found in the upper layers of the Martian atmosphere known as the mesosphere ... SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch diameter telescope ... ....

NASA's 'Flying' Telescope Begins Studying Asteroids, Stars

Edit NDTV 22 Feb 2016
NASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, stars, galaxies and more. ....

NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, galaxies

Edit DNA India 22 Feb 2016
-->. This operational period known as "Cycle 4" is a one-year-long observing period in which the telescope is scheduled for 106 flights between now and the end of January 2017. NASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of science flights to study planets, asteroids and nearby galaxies ... Read. NASA to reveal unexpained 'music' from far side of the moon ... ....

Iran is targeting more than fleet renewal after the lifting of aviation sanctions

Edit Topix 06 Feb 2016
AVIATION geeks love Iran Air, but for all the wrong reasons. Decades of sanctions have left Iran's flag-carrier with one of the oldest fleets in the world, featuring museum-vintage aircraft like a 39-year-old Boeing 747SP, the only passenger aircraft of its type still in service ... ....

Airbus just sold Iran $25 billion worth of jets including a dozen A380s

Edit Business Insider 28 Jan 2016
See Also. Airbus announced today that Iran Air has agreed to purchase 118 jets from manufacturer valued as much as $25 billion. According to Airbus, the agreement was signed at the Élysée Palace in Paris during Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit with French PresidentFrançois Hollande. The deal signed by Iran Air CEO Farhad Parvaresh includes 73 widebody and 45 single aisle airliners ... Iran Air Boeing 747SP ... ....

New Mexico teacher, NMSU grad attracts national attention for helping students succeed (New Mexico State ...

Edit Public Technologies 11 Jan 2016
(Source. New Mexico State University). Date. 01/11/2016. Writer. Adriana M. Chavez, 575-646-1957, adchavez@nmsu.edu. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Pinterest. Jeff Killebrew, a graduate of New Mexico State University, has a lot to brag about ... (NMSU photo by Adriana M ... (NMSU photo by Adriana M. Chavez) ... K is my teacher ... The SOFIA aircraft is a Boeing 747SP with the back end modified to make room for a 100-inch diameter telescope mirror ... (noodl....

NASA Armstrong Advanced Aeronautics, Science and Technology in 2015 (Armstrong Flight Research Center)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Dec 2015
(Source. Armstrong Flight Research Center) ... Established 69 years ago, Armstrong is NASA's center of excellence for atmospheric flight research. Aeronautics ... PTERA ... In June, the observatory (a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 100-inch (2.5-meter) diameter telescope), deployed to Christchurch, New Zealand, for five weeks, where scientists were able to observe areas of the night sky that are not visible from the Northern Hemisphere....

Flying Telescope Catches Glimpse of Alien Planet

Edit Yahoo Daily News 05 Nov 2015
For the first time ever, astronomers have used instruments onboard the world's largest airborne observatory to examine a massive planet beyond Earth's solar system ... [A Photo Tour of NASA's SOFIA Flying Observatory] ... A joint project between NASA and the German Aerospace Center, SOFIA is a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified to include a door in the tail that allows a 2.5-meter (8.2 feet) telescope to study the sky....

Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Engine For Embraer E-Jets E2 Begins Flight Test Program (Pratt & ...

Edit Public Technologies 03 Nov 2015
(Source. Pratt & Whitney). Pratt & Whitney PurePower® Engine For Embraer E-Jets E2 Begins Flight Test Program MIRABEL, Canada, Tuesday, November 3, 2015 ... The PW1900G engine model, which was assembled at Pratt & Whitney's Middletown Engine Center in Connecticut, flew on Pratt & Whitney's 747SP flying test bed at the company's Mirabel Flight Test Center, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp ... @UTC ... (noodl....
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