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Zeps advance! The Shenandoah High School Zeps of Sarahsville, Ohio, clinched the USA Today High School Sports Best Mascot in Ohio category with 147,305 votes, or 46.2% of the total cast among the five contenders. No-doubt thanks to airship fans … Continue reading →

Source:  NASA News MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The airship USS Macon arrived at Naval Air Station Moffett on October 15, 1933. To commemorate the event, NASA’s Ames Research Center and the Moffett Historical Society will mark its 78th anniversary by … Continue reading →

Source: NBC News By Ayman Mohyeldin, Charlene Gubash and John Newland, NBC News A hot air balloon carrying foreign tourists caught on fire while it was in the air near Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor, killing 19 people, officials said … Continue reading →

Source: National Aeronautic Association (NAA) The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) presents its annual list detailing the Most Memorable Aviation Records of the previous year.

Source: Red Bull Stratos Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall from the edge of space on October 14, 2012, reached an even faster speed than originally estimated: Mach 1.25. The statistic was just part of the news shared in a report detailing … Continue reading →