Plane Crash Kills Former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens in Alaska
, his family said. The fate of the eight others on board, including former NASA official Sean O'Keefe, was not yet known.
On This Day in Aviation History: August 29th
The US Air Force Academy opens in Colorado, Count von Zeppelin flies from Lake Constance to Berlin, the Canberra B 2 sets an altitude record, a charter flight crashes into a mountain in Norway, and more...
Lion Air Firms Up Record Order for 230 Boeing 737 MAX and 737-900ER Jets
Boeing on Tuesday announced that it has finalized a historic deal with Jakarta-based Lion Air to purchase at least 230 aircraft, valued at approximately $22.4 billion based on list prices.
On This Day in Aviation History: January 24th
A bomb kills dozens at Domodedovo Airport in Moscow, the Department of Homeland Security is born, a B-52 crashes and drops two nuclear bombs on North Carolina, and more...
Orion Crew Capsule Targeted for Orbital Test Flight in 2014
The Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 is scheduled to launch the first unmanned Orion crew cabin into a high altitude Earth orbit in 2014 atop a Delta 4 heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.