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Joby Exceeds Range Target for Hydrogen-Electric Air Tax Demonstrator
11 July 2024
Aviation Week reports, “While it pursues certification of its battery-powered air taxi and prepares to launch commercial service, Joby Aviation already is flying its electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft...
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First Launch of Ariane 6 Considered Partially Successful
10 July 2024
Aviation Week reports, “In a relatively complex mission, the first Ariane 6 medium- to heavy-lift launcher placed payloads into orbit in its debut flight July 9 and partially demonstrated...
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UrbanLink Partners with Skyway Technologies to Launch Caribbean Jet Service
10 July 2024
Flying Magazine reports that Lilium partner UrbanLink Air Mobility “on Tuesday announced a partnership with California-based vertiport developer and operator Skyway Technologies to install eVTOL hubs...
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Penina Axelrad Awarded 2024 Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering
10 July 2024
AIAA and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) are pleased to announce that Penina Axelrad, distinguished professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 Yvonne C. Brill Lectureship in Aerospace Engineering.
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NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Set to Retire at End of Month
9 July 2024
Flying Magazine reports that NASA’s Near-Earth Object (NEO) Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or NEOWISE, “has taken millions of infrared measurements and studied tens of thousands of asteroids...
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AIAA and Club for the Future Announce Recipient of 2024 Resilient Student Scholarship
9 July 2024
AIAA and Blue Origin’s non-profit Club for the Future are pleased to announce the recipient of their 2024 Resilient Student Scholarship is Rylie Tatum from Mableton, GA. Rylie is a recent high school graduate of The Lovett School, Atlanta, GA.
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2024 AIAA David W. Thompson Lecture in Space Commerce Presented by Sir Martin Sweeting During 2024 ASCEND
8 July 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2024 AIAA David W. Thompson Lectureship in Space Commerce is awarded to Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman, Surrey Satellite Technology, Ltd. (SSTL) and Distinguished Professor, Surrey Space Centre...
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2024 ASCEND to Feature Europa Clipper Mission in William H. Pickering Lecture
8 July 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2024 William H. Pickering Lecture, “Europa Clipper: First NASA Mission to an Ocean World,” by Bonnie Buratti, Deputy Project Scientist, Europa Clipper Mission, 31 July, 12 p.m. PT, during 2024 ASCEND, 30 July – 1 August, Las Vegas.
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Air Force Asks for Increased Funding for Drone Wingmen Program
8 July 2024
Breaking Defense reports, “A reprogramming request recently submitted to Capitol Hill by the Pentagon asks for permission to shift an additional $150 million into the Air Force’s...
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American Airlines to Purchase ZeroAvia’s Hydrogen-Electric Engines for Regional Jets
3 July 2024
Aviation Week Network reports, “American Airlines has signed a conditional purchase agreement with ZeroAvia for 100 hydrogen-electric engines to power regional...
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Opinion: “Transferring the International Space Station into the Future”
2 July 2024
In an op-ed in Space News, Jean-Jacques Dordain and Michael Griffin suggest that when it's time to retire the ISS, it should be moved to higher orbit, so that it may one day be made useful again....
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Next-Gen Fighter Still On Tap, But More Affordable Redesign Needed, Kendall Says
2 July 2024
Defense News reports, “The U.S. Air Force has not abandoned its program to build an advanced next-generation fighter, but it does need...
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2024 AIAA von Kármán Lecture in Astronautics on OSIRIS-REx Mission Presented by Dante S. Lauretta During 2024 ASCEND
2 July 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2024 AIAA von Kármán Lectureship in Astronautics is awarded to Dante S. Lauretta, Regents Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson.
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NASA Orders More Starliner Tests as Crew Remains in Space
1 July 2024
Ars Technica reports, “NASA and Boeing officials pushed back Friday on headlines that the commercial Starliner crew capsule is stranded...
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Boeing Striving to Inspect Aircraft Autonomously
1 July 2024
Defense Daily reports, “Using small third-party drones for high-resolution imaging and its own artificial intelligence-based software algorithms, Boeing ...
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NASA to Partner with SpaceX to Deorbit International Space Station
28 June 2024
Ars Technica reports, “NASA has awarded an $843 million contract to SpaceX to develop a ‘US Deorbit Vehicle.’ This spacecraft will dock to the International Space Station...
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Boeing to Start Flight-Testing Multi-Mission Pod on P-8 in July
28 June 2024
Defense Daily reports, “Boeing in July will begin flight-testing its internally-developed Multi-Mission Pod on the P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine warfare...