Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 23—GRAND FORKS — The Federal Aviation Administration has recently encouraged operators and training programs to incorporate a ...

When landing on the surface of the Moon, astronauts can become spatially disoriented, which is when they lose sense of their orientation – they might not be able to tell which way is up. This ...

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The sky is no longer the limit — but taking flight is dangerous. In leaving the Earth’s surface, we lose many of the cues we need to orient ourselves, and that spatial disorientation can be deadly.

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The sudden crash of a Japanese F-35 stealth fighter into the Pacific Ocean in April this year was likely caused by the “spatial disorientation” of its pilot, the country’s defense minister said Monday ...

Every pilot is affected by spatial disorientation at some point in their flying careers, said Tom Zeidlik, an aerospace physiologist at UND. Tom Zeidlik, aerospace physiologist, and Jennifer Watne, ...