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NASA’s X-59 Moves Past Delays Towards First Flight This Year
25 January 2024
Aviation Week reports that despite problems “that delayed the X-59 Low-Boom Flight Demonstration program from its scheduled flight debut in 2021, no obvious obstacles... -
Blue Origin, SpaceX Competition Boosts Supply Chain Companies’ Bottom Lines
24 January 2024
Bloomberg reports that as private space firms “like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin step up rocket production... -
Pratt & Whitney Projects Peak Number of Grounded Aircraft to be Lower Than Previously Thought
24 January 2024
FlightGlobal reports that Pratt & Whitney “expects the peak number of aircraft grounded as a result of manufacturing problems with geared turbofan engines will be lower... -
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Comes Back Online on Mars After Communications Glitch
23 January 2024
SPACE reports that Ingenuity has officially “regained communication with ground control.” According to a January 20 NASA post, Perseverance “had conducted... -
X-59 Promises to Open a New Era of Supersonic Travel
23 January 2024
The Times (UK) reports the X-59, built by Skunk Works, “promises to open a new era of supersonic travel.” The X-59 “has been designed to fly faster than... -
Japan Becomes Fifth Country to Land a Spacecraft on the Moon
22 January 2024
ABC News reports “Japan became the fifth country in history to reach the moon” when one of its uncrewed spacecrafts “successfully made a soft landing on the lunar surface... -
Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick, Guy Norris Report on Bleeding-Edge Aerospace Technologies
22 January 2024
Aviation Week reported, “From hydrogen to nuclear fusion, Aviation Week’s Graham Warwick and Guy Norris report on the bleeding-edge aerospace technologies... -
DiscoverE's Countdown to Engineers Week and Girl Day 2024
22 January 2024
Looking for inspiration, ideas or advice to spice up your plans for Engineers Week and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2024? -
Astronauts Arrive at ISS
22 January 2024
Reuters reported a four-man crew “arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday for a two-week stay... -
Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Disintegrates in Earth’s Atmosphere
19 January 2024
The New York Times reports that a spacecraft that “was headed to the surface of the moon has ended up back at Earth instead, burning up in the planet’s atmosphere... -
B-21 Raider Flies Test Sortie from Edwards Air Force Base
19 January 2024
Aviation Week reports that a “Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider flew a test sortie from Edwards AFB, California, on Jan. 17, notching the second acknowledged flight... -
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... -
Astrobotic Announces Peregrine Reentry Plans
18 January 2024
Aviation Week reports Astrobotic Technology said that it is “projecting its troubled Peregrine lunar lander will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere over the South Pacific Ocean around 4 p.m. EST on Jan. 18, two days earlier... -
Boeing Finalizes Order for 150 MAX Jets from Akasa Air
18 January 2024
The Wall Street Journal reports that The Boeing Company has secured an order for 150 of its MAX aircraft to India’s Akasa Air, which will increase the airline’s order book to more than 200... -
Report: Space Investment Bounced Back in 2023, Increased M&A Expected into 2024
17 January 2024
CNBC reports that investment in the space sector “bounced back last year, rebounding closer to the record high of 2021... -
Repairs of Two Lufthansa Cargo A321 Freighters Near Completion
17 January 2024
Aviation Week reports that Lufthansa cargo and conversion specialist Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) “said repairs to two of the operator’s Airbus A321... -
NASA and Lockheed Martin Unveil X-59 “Quiet” Supersonic Demonstrator
16 January 2024
Defense Daily reported that on January 12, NASA and Skunk Works “rolled out the X-59 ‘quiet’ supersonic demonstrator aircraft in Palmdale, Calif.” -
FAA Reviewing Boom’s Request to Conduct Supersonic Test Flights Using XB-1 Demonstrator
16 January 2024
FlightGlobal reports the FAA released an environmental assessment addressing the possible impacts of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator, which describes the company’s... -
China Won’t Beat US in Getting to the Moon, NASA Administrator Says
12 January 2024
SPACE reports, “NASA Administrator Bill Nelson is unconcerned that China will beat the United States in returning astronauts to the moon.” -
Airbus Sets Sales Record in 2023
12 January 2024
The Wall Street Journal reports Airbus set a record for the highest number of orders in a single year, with 2,319 gross orders last year...
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