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AIAA Offers Unique Course on the Lessons from 60 Years in Space
29 April 2024
During the first 60 years of spaceflight, the aerospace community has been amassing an extraordinary engineering knowledge base. Now it’s time to pass this collective experience to the next generation of space explorers…
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AIAA Announces 2024 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition Winners
22 April 2024
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announced the winners of the 28th Annual AIAA DBF Competition: 1st Place ($3,000): Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Space4All Space STEM Awareness Campaign Launches Nationwide
17 April 2024
Women in Aerospace (WIA), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Club for the Future, and Space Foundation, in partnership with the…
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2024 AIAA DEFENSE Forum to Focus on Accelerating Technology Transition for Battlespace Dominance
22 March 2024
AIAA has announced its three-day program for the 2024 AIAA DEFENSE Forum, 16–18 April at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland.
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AIAA Announces Recipients of 2024 Roger W. Kahn Scholarship
20 March 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Roger W. Kahn Scholarship. The four $10,000 scholarships have been awarded to the following high school seniors.
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AIAA Mourns the Passing of Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford
18 March 2024
AIAA issued the following statement by AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher: “The AIAA community is saddened to learn of the passing of Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, USAF. As a pilot who pushed the boundaries of air and space…
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AIAA Applauds the Passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024
17 March 2024
AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the Institute’s nearly 30,000 professional and student members, we are pleased with the passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 that authorizes the FAA for the next five years.
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AIAA Statement on Third SpaceX Starship Test Flight
14 March 2024
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher: “Congratulations to the SpaceX team on today’s test flight of Starship from Starbase, Texas. We are excited to witness this new launch vehicle reaching orbit.
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AIAA Announces 2024 Election Results
11 March 2024
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has released the results of its recent 2024 elections. The newly elected AIAA officials will take office in May.
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Challenger Center and AIAA Announce 2024 Trailblazing STEM Educator Awardees
5 March 2024
Challenger Center and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announce Jenn Donais, Sarah Leonard, and Darryl Newhouse as the winners of the 2024 Trailblazing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Educator Award.
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AIAA Statement on the NASA SpaceX Crew-8 Launch
4 March 2024
AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional, student, and educator members of AIAA, we congratulate the entire NASA SpaceX team…
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AIAA Announces 2024 International Student Conference Winners
29 February 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2024 International Student Conference winners in partnership with the AIAA Foundation. During the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum in January, 21 technical paper first-place finalists…
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Pittsburgh International Airport Microgrid Wins Prestigious 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award for Environmental Innovation
28 February 2024
AIAA congratulates Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as the winner of the 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award for the creation of its cost-saving and emissions-reducing airport microgrid project.
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AIAA Statement on the IM-1 Mission
22 February 2024
AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “Congratulations to the IM-1 mission team on the successful soft landing at the south pole of the moon! We were thrilled watching the Odysseus lander’s journey to the lunar surface unfold in real time.
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AIAA Announces Class of 2024 Honorary Fellows and Fellows
8 February 2024
AIAA proudly congratulates its newly elected Class of 2024 Honorary Fellows and Fellows. The class will be inducted during a ceremony on Tuesday, 14 May, in Washington, DC, and celebrated during the AIAA Awards Gala on Wednesday, 15 May…
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AIAA Announces 2024 Premier Award Winners
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the AIAA Premier Awards, recognizing the most influential and inspiring individuals in aerospace whose outstanding contributions merit the highest accolades.
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Michimasa Fujino to Receive the 2024 Daniel Guggenheim Medal for Design and Development of the HondaJet
Michimasa Fujino has been awarded the 2024 Daniel Guggenheim Medal for technical innovation and leadership in conceiving, designing, and bringing HondaJet to a leading position in the business jet market.
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AIAA Statement on the End of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission
31 January 2024
AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “We join NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the entire aerospace community in marking the end of mission for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter on 25 January 2024.
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AIAA Statement on the Axiom Space AX-3 Launch
18 January 2024
AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student members of AIAA, we congratulate the entire Axiom Space team on its successful AX-3 launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9…
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AIAA Statement on ULA Vulcan Centaur Launch
8 January 2024
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher: “Congratulations to the ULA team on today’s Vulcan Centaur Launch! It is exciting to witness this new space launch capability complete its first…