CubeSat

To those who need some info about the CubeSat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CubeSat

Already many high schools are developing CubeSats to lanuch into space. NASA is currently helping a few of those high schools. It would be awesome if Aviation High School would be able to build one.
http://www.nasa.gov/press/2013/november/nasa-helps-launch-student-built-satellites-as-part-of-cubesat-launch-initiative/#.UuXasBDTlD8

When We Left Earth- NASA Documentary

A few days ago I started watching a documentary called When We Left Earth. Its about the history of NASA accomplishing space missions. I'm on episode 5 (there are 6 episodes), and in my opinion it is one of the most interesting documentaries if you are interested in outer space and spacecrafts. Most documentaries are pretty interesting to me, but this one really makes the viewers get emotional. Not emotional as in it makes people teary, but when someone does something that messes up the whole mission you get worked up, and when a person makes a record or a mission is accomplished you feel really proud. It feels more like a very long movie chunked in parts. I don't know if it is still on Discovery Channel, but I watched it through Amazon.
A summary of the episodes so far:

• Project Mercury
• Alan Shephard
• Liberty Bell 7
• Project Gemini
• Missions tested towards goal of traveling to moon
• Apollo
• Challenger tragedy
• First man of moon

There is much more of a story than what I wrote. Just trying to spoil a lot.

Samsung Galaxy S5 & Iphone 6

When both is released, I will post info as soon as I can.

Virgin Galactic Spaceship 2

The Virgin Spaceship 2 (SS2) is a scaleplane (an airplane on Earth and spacecraft in space) that will be used for space travel and tourism. It holds a total of 8 people, and is about twice the size of the spaceship1. It had its first test flight in 2007, but had an explosion. On September 5th, 2013 it had another test flight quite successfully.

http://www.space.com/22660-virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-rocket-test.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceShipTwo

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Best Picture of Sea Plane!

Cr: National Geographic

This is the best picture of a seaplane I have ever seen!

Interesting Aviation Facts

Now that it is winter break, I will be able to update much more! Winter break could be fun, but sometimes your stuck at your house and your very very very very bored.
If thats your case, the sites below have interesting facts about aviation:

This one is mostly about the Boeing 747:
http://www.balticaa.com/en/about-us/news-and-press-releases/top-10-interesting-facts-about-aviation/

Not focused on a part of aviation, but still interesting:
http://www.keystoneaviation.com/blog/7-airplane-fun-facts/

Fun facts about outer space:
http://listverse.com/2007/11/13/top-10-cool-facts-about-space/

http://listverse.com/2013/04/27/10-fascinating-facts-about-our-solar-system/?utm_source=more&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=direct

About space travel:
http://listverse.com/2012/12/31/10-issues-that-are-hindering-avoyage-to-mars/?utm_source=more&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=direct