News of March 25, 2006
Indian Air force awaits clearance for jet deal from government
Posted at: Sat Mar 25th, 2006
Chandigarh, March 25 (IANS) The Indian Air Force (IAF) is awaiting the government's clearance for its proposal to invite bids from global aviation majors for buying 126 combat jets, a senior official said here Saturday.
SpaceX rocket fails first flight
Posted at: Sat Mar 25th, 2006
The new Falcon 1 rocket has been lost on its maiden flight.
The US vehicle, developed by the Space Exploration Technologies Corp, was destroyed soon after take-off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
The vision of Elon Musk, co-founder of the electronic pa...
HyShot scramjet experiment blasts off in South Australian desert
Posted at: Sat Mar 25th, 2006
A $2 million scramjet experiment was launched at Woomera, 500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at approximately 1.45pm local time.
The University of Queensland-led HyShot™ III experiment uses a scramjet engine developed by UK company, QinetiQ.
The scramjet was a...
