The Flyby ✈️

The best stories in innovation and defense that are actually easy to understand. Subscribe 👇🏼

[MacDill AFB @MacDill_AFB]

All aircraft on the installation have been evacuated/secured in preparation for #HurricaneIdalia . During the evacuation, the 50th ARS recorded St. Elmo’s fire, a weather phenomenon in which luminous plasma is created in an atmospheric electric field.

[ARCHIVED - Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity]

Today, I'm celebrating my 11th landiversary! 🥳

In this last year, I’ve surpassed 30km, spotted another meteorite, entered a new quadrant, and encountered my toughest climb yet.

I've got more science-ing to do - so here's to more exploring on the Red Planet!

[Sam Eckholm @sameckholm]

Introducing the Air Force Academy Blueprint! ✈️ The most in-depth service academy course ever created designed to help students prepare, apply, and survive the @AF_Academy.

Over 60+ video lessons, downloadable resources and checklists, access to a private community of other applicants, and so much more.

If you, your kid, or someone you know is interested in the Academy, click the link below to sign up for my course mailing list where you’ll be the first notified when we officially launch later this month.

https://t.co/6quXmgFoWH

[Sam Eckholm @sameckholm]

So excited to release my video on the AH-64 Apache! 🔥 You can check it out at the link below. Make sure to stick around until the end for a little surprise…

https://t.co/WOkWW96PC2

[Sam Eckholm @sameckholm]

What an exciting opportunity getting to host this recap for @LockheedMartin! Blown away by the level of talent these young engineers have. The future is certainly bright!

[Latest in space @latestinspace]

There are currently 14 humans in space

🇺🇸 5
🇷🇺4
🇨🇳 3
🇯🇵 1
🇦🇪 1

[Sam Eckholm @sameckholm]

Get ready to go up close to the F-22 Raptor! 🔥 This is my all-time favorite aircraft and it’s not even close. Recently, it’s been blasting Chinese balloons out of the sky, but oh boy is it capable of so much more. 😈

Video premieres LIVE on @YouTube!
Feb 18 | 12:00PM EST

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

How many cups are on your desk right now?

[The Flyby ✈️ @officialflyby]

We're a long way from powering our lives with nuclear fusion, since there's currently no way to power an entire grid.

Still, now we know for certain that it creates more energy than is put in, which is HUGE for the future of clean energy.

[The Flyby ✈️ @officialflyby]

The U.S. Department of Energy just announced the achievement of fusion ignition - a major scientific breakthrough that will undoubtedly transform national defense as we know it.

Scientists had been working to create clean energy with nuclear fusion for over 60 years!

[TJ Cooney 🚀 @TJ_Cooney]

Out of context, seeing this outside of your window on the ISS would be horrifying. But, this was planned. 16 years ago, an excess Orlan suit was jettisoned from the ISS, filled with old clothes and a radio transmitter. It burned up a few weeks later.

[Lockheed Martin Space @LMSpace]

We’re still not over it.

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

Houston, we have a new record 🌎

On Saturday Nov. 26, at 8:40 a.m. ET, @NASA_Orion broke the record for the farthest distance traveled from Earth of a human-rated spacecraft. The record was previously held by Apollo 13 at 248,655 statute miles from Earth. Go Artemis!

[F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office @theF35JPO]

✌ Black Friday ✌

That’s the tweet. 😏

[Defense News @defense_news]

Italy hopes that pooling maintenance will encourage users to send jets to its fledgeling F-35 maintenance hub at Cameri air base in the country's north. https://t.co/75mhsKRzH6

[Sean Cannon @planetdeimos]

Hey... Where did the rocket go?!?!?!

[The Flyby ✈️ @officialflyby]

Today @flyarcher unveiled Midnight, their newest in electric air taxis.

The aircraft seats four + a pilot & is meant to REDEFINE air travel as we know it, with affordable pricing but all the safety of a commercial flight.

[United Airlines @united]

Meet the flying taxi that will make this happen. 11.17.22

[Honeywell Aerospace @Honeywell_Aero]

One could say, "Meet me at #Midnight" 🎵✈️

[📸Trevor Mahlmann🚀 @TrevorMahlmann]

If there was one sound-activated image to have worked, this is the one I hoped for. A super-telephoto view of the business end of NASA‘s Space Launch System rocket lifting off from LC-39B this morning sending Orion to the Moon & beginning the historic #Artemis I mission🚀🌕