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Profile: Embraer’s E-Jet Challenges Boeing, Airport Narrowbody Supremacy
16 November 2023
Autoevolution profiles Embraer’s E-Jet family as a perpetual underdog in what would otherwise be a two-horse race in the global narrowbody jet competition... -
US Spaceplane to Return to Orbit on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
15 November 2023
FlightGlobal reports that the secretive “spaceplane” operated by the US Space Force (USSF) “will return to orbit for its seventh long-endurance mission... -
GE Aerospace’s XA100 Engine Completes Third Phase of Ground Tests
15 November 2023
Aviation Week reports that “GE Aerospace has wrapped a third phase of ground tests on its XA100 adaptive turbofan engine, as it continues to press for support to re-engine the F-35... -
Tool Bag Dropped During ISS Spacewalk
14 November 2023
CNN reports that NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara “marked their first spacewalk this month with a tool bag floating through space.” The pair “concluded their maintenance work outside the International Space... -
Bell Promoting Range of Helicopters at Dubai Air Show
14 November 2023
FlightGlobal reports, “Bell is promoting a range of helicopters at this year’s Dubai Air Show, including the Bell 429 configured for parapublic missions... -
Rocket Scientist Quarterback Moves Team Towards the NFL Playoffs
13 November 2023
A profile of NFL quarterback Josh Dobbs in The Wall Street Journal discussed his background in aerospace engineering, including his two NFL offseasons moonlighting at NASA... -
Lilium Progresses Along Path of Producing its Lilium Jet Air Taxi
13 November 2023
Aviation Week reported that Lilium has “signed up a supplier of silicon-anode battery cells for its Lilium Jet electric air taxi... -
Wizz Air Prepares for Grounded Aircraft Over Pratt & Whitney Engine Issues
10 November 2023
Aviation Week reports that Wizz Air “said an average of 45 of its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft will be grounded due to Pratt & Whitney GTF engine issues... -
Dream Chaser Lifting Body Ready for NASA Delivery Ahead of 2024 Launch
10 November 2023
Aviation Week reports that the lifting body concept – “long considered a leading contender for routine and affordable access to space – will finally have a chance... -
Joshua Dobbs Highlighted
9 November 2023
The Star Tribune spotlights Joshua Dobbs, the Vikings new quarterback, who majored in aerospace engineering at the University of Tennessee and was involved with AIAA’s... -
Future Space Missions Are Being Designed to Take Advantage of New Generation of Very Large Launch Vehicles
9 November 2023
The Space Review reported on future space missions being designed “to take advantage of a new generation of very large launch vehicles” that will “offer greater mass and volume” at lower prices. -
Airbus Creeps Towards Full-Year Delivery Goal with 18% Year-Over-Year Increase for October
8 November 2023
Reuters reports that Airbus “needs to deliver 161 aircraft in the last two months of the year to reach its full-year delivery target, fractionally below the performance seen in the closing stages of last year.” -
SpaceX Launches Starlink Mission
8 November 2023
Florida Today reports that with SpaceX’s newly “installed crew access arm for use by future astronauts stationed alongside on a support tower, a Falcon 9 rocket blazed into... -
Rocket Scientist Moonlights as Professional Quarterback
7 November 2023
Forbes reports that Joshua Dobbs started a game at quarterback for a new team the same week he arrived. For his new team, he had to learn cadences including numbers, colors, and other codes... -
Curiosity Logs 4,000th Day on Mars
7 November 2023
Phys (UK) reports that four thousand Martian days “after setting its wheels in Gale Crater on Aug. 5, 2012, NASA’s Curiosity rover remains busy conducting exciting science.” -
Latest Boeing EcoDemonstrator Studies SAF Use on Contrails
6 November 2023
Aviation International News reports that while studies have determined an 85% reduction of carbon emissions from sustainable aviation fuel... -
SpaceX Marks Space Coast Record with 60th Launch this Year
6 November 2023
The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reported another Space Coast night launch “Friday marked the 60th liftoff from the Space Coast for the year... -
Joby CEO Announces 84% Completion of Stage 3 FAA Certification Work for EVTOL Aircraft
3 November 2023
Aviation Today reports that Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt says the company’s eVTOL aircraft is 84% on its way to completing FAA Stage 3 certification requirements. -
Virgin Galactic Launches 5th Commercial Flight
3 November 2023
Spaceflight Now reported that the first of two Falcon 9 missions SpaceX “is planning for Sunday... -
AIAA Statement on Senate Confirmation of the Honorable Michael Whitaker as FAA Administrator
2 November 2023
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement on the Senate confirmation of the Honorable Michael Whitaker as FAA Administrator...
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