Toxic air sickens crew and passengers across airlines as Delta upgrades engines on more than 300 planes

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Delta Air Lines is replacing certain engines on more than 300 of its Airbus planes after toxic fume incidents contaminated cabin air and sickened crew members and passengers, according to reports. The airline has been swapping out auxiliary power units (APUs) — small engines that are located…

Pilots test first-of-its-kind cockpit alert system that detects possible collisions on runways

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Engineers are in the final testing phase of a cockpit alert system they say could prevent close calls on the runway.  Honeywell Aerospace’s “Surface Alert System,” or “SURF-A,” can detect when a rogue aircraft gets in the way of another plane that has…

SpaceX succeeds at third Starship test flight attempt after multiple scrubs

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SpaceX’s third shot at Starship’s 10th test flight Tuesday succeeded after poor weather conditions forced the company to halt liftoff from its South Texas site Monday. Tuesday evening’s test was a crucial milestone for Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to use Starship to bring astronauts to the moon and,…

SpaceX second shot at crucial Starship test flight shelved amid poor weather conditions

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SpaceX’s Starship’s second shot at a 10th test flight Monday was aborted after weather conditions forced the company to halt liftoff from its South Texas site. Monday evening’s test was a crucial milestone for Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to use Starship to bring astronauts to the moon and,…

SpaceX takes second shot at crucial Starship test flight after Sunday’s technical abort

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! SpaceX’s Starship rocket is taking a second shot at a 10th test flight Monday evening, a day after a technical issue forced the company to abort liftoff from its South Texas site. This latest test is a crucial milestone for Elon Musk’s ambitious plans to use Starship to…

Astronauts splash down in Pacific after completing ISS mission that relieved stranded crew members

Four crew members who flew to the International Space Station (ISS) earlier this year to relieve two astronauts who were left stranded by a beleaguered space capsule returned to Earth on Saturday.  NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Japan’s Takuya Onishi and Russia’s Kirill Peskov, splashed down in the Pacific off the…