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DARPA "Balloon Hunt" Could Win You $40K Cash. - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) today offered up a rather interesting challenge: find and plot 10 red weather balloons scattered at undisclosed locations across the country.  The first person to identify the location of all the balloons and enter them on the challenge Web site will win a $40,000 cash prize... [Plane News]

Spirit Stuck in Soft Soil on Mars as Engineers Devise Methods to ‘Free Spirit’ - This view from the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit shows the terrain surrounding the location called "Troy," where Spirit became embedded in soft soil during the spring of 2009. The hundreds of images combined into this view were taken beginning on the 1,906th Martian day (or sol) of Spirit's mission on Mars (May 14, 2009) and ending on Sol 1943 (June 20, 2009).

NASA Invites Reporters to Tranquility Node Ceremony at Kennedy - The European Space Agency, or ESA, will transfer ownership of the Tranquility node to NASA on Thursday, Nov. 19.2 Vote(s) [LogFlight AvNews]

NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge - NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.2 Vote(s) [LogFlight AvNews]

MESSENGER Spacecraft Reveals More Hidden Territory on Mercury - A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of the planet Mercury gives scientists new scientific findings about this relatively unknown planet.2 Vote(s) [LogFlight AvNews]

Susan Larson, President of the 99s, on Amelia Earhart - As a new biopic about Amelia Earhart opens nationwide, 99s President Susan Larson talks with AVweb's Mary Grady about what the film means to her organization, how they got involved with helping to promote it, and Earhart's role in creating the 99s in the first place. [AVWeb Podcasts]

MKC nears completion of $70 million improvement project | General <b>...</b> - That airfield, now known as Kansas City Downtown Airport (MKC), has served as home to Howard Hughes' Trans Western (and later Trans World) Airlines and as the primary commercial and general aviation airport until Kansas City ... [Avnews from All Over]

Learjet 60 Aft Baggage Locker A Big Hit - It draws more interest than any other single modification at this year's NBAA convention. [Aviation Week]

Piper Aircraft President Resigns - John Becker was vice president of engineering before taking top post; leaves to 'pursue other career opportunities' [Aviation Week]

NBAA 09: HondaJet to feature G3000 - Honda Aircraft has become the second manufacturer after Piper Aircraft to select the new Garmin G3000. The HondaJet will be outfitted with the new integrated... [Flight Global]

India's $3 billion manned capsule awaits approval - The Indian Space Research Organisation expects by the end of the year to have government approval for a $3 billion manned... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

Virgin Galactic considers new satellite design - Virgin Galactic's proposed LauncherOne... [Flight Global Spaceflight News]

Airline Industry Information - Sensis Corp's ASDE-X technology now operational at George Bush Intercontinental Airport - November 3, 2009 -- AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
Sensis Corporation, a provider of sensors, information technology and simulation and... [Air Safety]

Flawless First Test Flight for New Bombardier Global Vision Flight Deck - Bombardier’s Global Vision cockpit successfully completed its first Bombardier test flight on a Global Express XRS aircraft on August 3. Dedicated to testing basic system functionality, the flight marks another significant milestone for the program. [Aviation Canada]

UK signs contract to replace Royal Navy Jetstreams - The UK has signed a delayed deal to buy four Beechcraft King Air 350ERs to perform observer training for its Royal Navy ... [Flight Global Headlines]

Opportunity Eyes Block Island - The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has eyed an oddly shaped, dark rock, which may be a meteorite and is about 2 feet across, on the surface of the... [NASA Image of the day]

Space Shuttle Endeavour Glides Home After Successful Mission - Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.2 Vote(s) [LogFlight AvNews]

NASA Astronaut Sends First Tweets From Space Station - NASA astronaut and U.S. Army Col. Tim Kopra has become the first International Space Station crew member to use the social media tool Twitter to discuss living and working in orbit.2 Vote(s) [LogFlight AvNews]

Female World War II Pilots to Get Their Due. - "This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used." - Eleanor Roosevelt, 1942... [Plane News]

B-1Bs Staying Busy With Precision Strikes - A-10's Effective Supporting Ground Troops With Shows Of Force Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Aug 1, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials. [Aero-News]