Solar sails have some major advantages over traditional propulsion methods—most notably, they don't use any propellant. But, ...

A newly designed robust mechanophore provides early warning against mechanical failure while resisting heat and UV, report ...

A student and examiner were killed in an accident that occurred during a flight exam at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, yesterday morning. Structural failure might ...

The turbulent air above a wildfire is punishing to aircraft structures. The excessive and frequent loads place an inordinate number of loading cycles on an aircraft, leading to accelerated crack ...

A dust cloud rises from the impact site of Exos Aerospace's SARGE rocket, which crashed minutes after liftoff Oct. 26 from Spaceport America in New Mexico. Credit: Exos Aerospace webcast WASHINGTON — ...

The probable cause of the American Airlines Flight 587 crash on Nov. 12, 2001, was "in-flight separation of the vertical stabilizer as a result of the loads beyond ultimate design that were created by ...

More than 100,000 gallons of wastewater spilled in southeast Houston near Goodyear Drive. City tap water is safe, but private ...

One of the most misunderstood aspects of SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) valuation is the nature of the problem it is addressing. This is ...

A Washington Post examination of video and images from the deadly collapse of a high-rise apartment building outside Miami — along with interviews with structural engineers, a key witness and an ...

What went wrong during Aquila’s first test flight? What went wrong during Aquila’s first test flight? On July 21st, I reported that Facebook had successfully completed the first test flight of Aquila, ...