flight

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The center has pushed the limits of human flight for decades — and collected a lot of data doing so.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Rick Henfling, flight director for the Artemis II mission, stressed Tuesday that "the toilet remains operational. The challenge that we're working through is evacuating the wastewater tank," he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

TEL AVIV—The cabin doors had just sealed shut on a recent Tel Aviv flight bound for Athens when a chorus of alerts went off on passengers’ phones—an early warning that missiles were on the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Traditional shuttlecocks are made of 16 duck or goose feathers - each taken from the same wing to give the correct flight and spin as feathers from different wings curve differently.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

From down in the bottoms I heard the shrill call of a bobwhite and the clammering cry of a kingfisher in flight.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls