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The 2024 Total Solar Eclipse is Happening Today
8 April 2024
SPACE reports, “Today (April 8) a total solar eclipse will sweep across North America from Mexico, through 15 U.S. States... -
EHang Receives Production Certificate for Its eVTOL Aircraft
8 April 2024
Aviation International News reports, “The Civil Administration of China (CAAC) has issued a production certificate to EHang, clearing the way for the company to start large-scale series production of its EH216-S autonomous eVTOL aircraft. -
NASA Set to Launch Multiple Rockets During April 8 Total Solar Eclipse
5 April 2024
SPACE reports, "NASA's Atmospheric Perturbations around Eclipse Path (APEP) mission — named for the Egyptian god of darkness and enemy of the sun god, Ra — will launch the three sounding rockets... -
Flying Magazine Takes a First Look at Joby’s eVOTL Future
5 April 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “Today, Joby is a roughly $4 billion-cap enterprise on the cusp of its type certification for-credit testing with the FAA on an evolution... -
ULA Vulcan Unlikely to Launch Again Until Fall
4 April 2024
Ars Technica reports, “After the impressive debut of the Vulcan rocket in January, it is unclear when the heavy lift vehicle will fly again. The uncertainty is due to a couple of factors... -
China’s Three Major Airlines End 2023 with Losses
4 April 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Despite the reopening and relaxing of China’s borders in January 2023, the country’s three state-owned airlines—Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines—all ended 2023... -
Falling Chinese Space Junk Creates Spectacular Fireball Over Southern California
3 April 2024
SPACE reports, “A big piece of Chinese space junk crashed to Earth over Southern California early... -
Unmanned Valkyrie X-58A Joins F-35s in Electronic Attack Demonstration
3 April 2024
Defense Daily reports, “An XQ-58A Valkyrie autonomous unmanned combat aircraft equipped with an electronic attack payload successfully demonstrated suppression of enemy air defense (SEAD)... -
Manufacturing Strategies Highlight Key Difference Between Joby and Archer
2 April 2024
Aviation Week reports, “In many ways, Archer Aviation and Joby Aviation are highly similar startups. The two front-runners in the nascent U.S. air taxi market are both developing piloted... -
SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Eutelsat 36D Telecommunications Satellite
2 April 2024
Via Satellite reports, “SpaceX launched the Airbus-built Eutelsat 36D telecommunications satellite for Eutelsat Group over the weekend. It was launched aboard a Falcon 9... -
Archer Performs Battery Pack Drop Test for Midnight Air Taxi
1 April 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “Air taxi manufacturer Archer Aviation has reached what it says is a crucial milestone in its test campaign—one that could prove valuable as it pursues type certification for its flagship Midnight aircraft. The company on Friday... -
Gulfstream G700 Achieves FAA Certification
1 April 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. has obtained FAA type certification for the G700, the Savannah, Georgia-based company announced Friday. The milestone paves the way... -
First Boeing Starliner Astronauts, Wilmore and Williams, Ready to Launch to ISS
1 April 2024
SPACE reports, “Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams told Space.com and a small group of reporters at NASA's Johnson... -
After the Concorde, a Long Road Back to Supersonic Travel
29 March 2024
An Ars Technica report discusses the possibility of achieving supersonic flight without loud booms, noting that NASA is working on it. -
Launch of 22 Starlink Satellites from California Delayed
29 March 2024
SPACE reports, “SpaceX has reset the launch of another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to no sooner than Friday evening (March 29). -
FAA Awards uAvionix BVLOS Contract
28 March 2024
Unmanned Systems Technology reports, “uAvionix is to advance the commercial utilization of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS) through a Federal Aviation... -
ULA Delta IV Heavy Set to Fly Once More
28 March 2024
Ars Technica reports United Launch Alliance's last Delta IV Heavy rocket is set to lift off Thursday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station... -
Boeing to Invest In Long-Term MQ-28 Production in Australia
27 March 2024
Aviation Week Network reports, “Boeing will launch construction in Australia later this year of the company’s first final assembly facility outside of North America... -
NASA, Boeing Target May 1 for First Crewed Starliner Flight to Space Station
27 March 2024
Spaceflight Now reports, “NASA is five weeks away from putting astronauts aboard a new commercial crew capsule. May 1 is the target launch... -
SpaceX Falcon 9 Marks 175th Flight from Cape Canaveral
26 March 2024
Spaceflight Now reports “SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Monday evening with 23 Starlink satellites on board,” marking the 175th...
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