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FAA Seeking to Balance Rocket Launches with Air Traffic
18 April 2023
USA Today reports that the Federal Aviation Administration “announced new guidelines for space launch approvals to ensure that air traffic controllers... -
Aachen University Wins AIAA’s Design, Build, Fly Competition
18 April 2023
Aerospace America reports that RWTH Aachen University of Germany won AIAA’s annual Design, Build, Fly competition, which “challenged students... -
RAeS Article: Taking Revolutionary Leaps Toward a New Age of Aviation
17 April 2023
The first age of aviation proved that human flight was possible and developed aviation into a safe and viable transportation industry. The second age of aviation started with the development of the jet engine, which enabled higher speeds... -
2023 AIAA AVIATION Forum: AAM And Autonomy
17 April 2023
In June, AIAA will host their annual AIAA AVIATION Forum, the only event that covers the entire integrated spectrum of aviation business, research, development, and technology. AUVSI met with Jeremy Wang, an AAM expert, to learn more about the event’s programming around autonomy. -
SpaceX Launches Transporter 7 Rideshare Mission
17 April 2023
Space News reported that SpaceX launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California a Falcon 9 on the Transporter-7 mission, carrying more than 50 satellites. -
Boeing Engineers Break World Record for Longest Paper Airplane Flight
17 April 2023
CNN reported that three engineers from The Boeing Company broke the world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane... -
AIAA Announces 2023 Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition Winners
16 April 2023
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today announced the winners of the 27th Annual AIAA Design/Build/Fly (DBF) Competition. -
NASA Refining Designs of Mars Helicopters
14 April 2023
SPACE reports that NASA is drawing on experience from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter’s nearly 50 flights in designing the two Mars Sample Recovery Helicopters... -
SkyDrive Now Preselling eVTOL to Private Individuals
14 April 2023
Aviation Week reports SkyDrive is now preselling its SD-05 two-seater electric VTOL aircraft to private individuals. -
SpaceX Plans Starship Launch as Early as Monday
13 April 2023
The Orlando Sentinel reports that SpaceX doesn’t plan a launch pad run-through for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket, which has a target date of April 17... -
Used Parts Increasingly Sought to Keep North American Jets in ihe Air
13 April 2023
Reuters reports that, amid rising costs and supply-chain shortages, North American airlines and aircraft repair shops... -
Rocket Lab Shifts NASA Cubesat Launches from Virginia to New Zealand
12 April 2023
Space News reports that Rocket Lab has relocated a pair of Electron launches of NASA storm-monitoring cubesats from LC-2 in Wallops Island, Virginia... -
Airlines Set to Announce Strong Earnings, but Economic Uncertainty Raises Fresh Concerns
12 April 2023
Reuters reports major US airlines “are expected to reiterate the strength of travel demand when earnings season gets underway later this week.” -
JUICE Mission to Take 8 Years to Reach Jupiter
11 April 2023
SPACE reports the European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE), which has an April 13 launch date, will take eight years to travel to its destination. -
Startup Breaks Records with Hydrogen-Powered Flight
11 April 2023
The San Jose Mercury News reports, “Hydrogen fuel cells increasingly are looking like feasible options... -
Startups Seek to Mine Asteroids
10 April 2023
NBC News reports that asteroid mining is “a tantalizing but elusive prospect for innovators and investors alike.” Asteroids are a potential source of platinum and “other precious and rare earth metals -
China’s GDAT Buying 50 Airbus H160 Helicopters
10 April 2023
Aviation International News reported that during French President Macron’s state visit to China, Chinese helicopter lessor... -
SpaceX Launches NASA’s TEMPO from Cape Canaveral
7 April 2023
Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral early on Friday morning “carrying a communications satellite and hosted NASA payload... -
Schiphol Airport to Ban Private Jets, Small Business Aircraft Beginning in 2025
7 April 2023
Aviation International News reports that Amsterdam Schiphol Airport “intends to ban private jets and small business aircraft starting in 2025 as part of a wider strategy... -
Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Breaks Speed, Altitude Records
6 April 2023
CBS News reports on Sunday, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter based on Mars flew 14.5 miles per hours at an altitude of 52.5 feet...
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