During the Cold War, an unusual experimental jet became a critical training tool for NASA, allowing astronauts to rehearse lunar landing techniques years before Apollo. Flown by Neil Armstrong himself ...

SpaceX is starting to get the ball rolling on its Florida launch card with its fourth mission of the year coming less than ...

Senior republican Bobby Storey has been named in newly released State Papers as being the man senior British officials believed was behind the December 2004 £26.5m Northern bank robbery. The ...

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At the time, NASA was preparing to launch the space shuttle, Atlantis, in June 1995 on a mission to dock with the Russian Mir space station The US embassy in Dublin had asked for Shannon Airport – ...

Shannon Airport was proposed as an emergency landing site for Nasa’s Space Shuttle. Newly released files in the State Papers revealed the Clare airport was proposed by US officials as one of a series ...

US officials contacted the Irish Government in 1995 to request the use of Shannon Airport as an emergency landing location for a Nasa space shuttle, documents released as part of the State Papers show ...

Garmin’s Emergency Autoland system successfully landed a Beechcraft King Air 200 in Colorado on December 20, 2025, after the pilot became incapacitated, marking the first confirmed real-world use of ...

BROOFMEILD, Colo. — A plane landed safely at Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) in Broomfield over the weekend using Garmin's automated technology after the pilot was incapacitated minutes ...

The Minnesota Vikings' team plane was forced to turn around Saturday afternoon shortly after it took off for New Jersey for the team's game against the New York Giants on Sunday. The plane was headed ...

Luke has over a decade of experience as a travel writer and aviation analyst. As a passionate traveler based across the Middle East and Asia, Luke offers strong insights into the industry. Based in ...

Greg Biffle and members of his family were among the seven killed in the crash. A person aboard a small private jet that crashed in North Carolina on Thursday texted "emergency landing" to a family ...