There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...

There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world ... “When you’re at altitude you can see the curve of the earth. And the sky is totally black when you look straight ...

Ever wondered why Earth looks flat even though it's a sphere? The planet's massive size makes its curvature nearly impossible ...

Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a ...

And Earth's curvature is clearly apparent from high altitudes, as Capt. Albert Stevens of the U.S. Army Air Corps showed ... and although taller than the plane's altitude, lay below the sensible ...

For instance, a Finnair plane ... for U.S. airspace. This is going to be unpredictable for planes flying above 6,000 feet since there is jamming of GPS. Apparently, the curvature of the Earth ...

Built by Boeing, the X37B space plane has performed a first-of-its kind aerobraking maneuver in the upper atmosphere.

Called aerobraking, the technique allows the highly classified craft to change orbit without using propellant—and some are ...

In a cutting-edge milestone for orbital innovation, the U.S. military's ... rapidly closing in near Earth's atmosphere. Now, instead of relying on fuel, the space plane is using atmospheric ...

U.S. airlines canceled flights into and out of Haiti after a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale was hit by gunfire as it approached the airport in Port-au-Prince. The plane was rerouted ...