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SpaceX’s Starlink Launch Scheduled on Friday
24 March 2023
Florida Today reports that SpaceX’s next Falcon 9 mission, “set to fly the latest batch of Starlink internet satellites, will help kick off the weekend when it launches... -
USAF F-35As Will See Engine Upgrades Instead of New Adaptive Engines
23 March 2023
FlightGlobal reports, “GE Aerospace is continuing to press the US Air Force (USAF) to procure a new powerplant for... -
Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Makes 48th Error-Free Flight
23 March 2023
SPACE reports that the Ingenuity helicopter “buzzed over the Martian landscape at a maximum altitude of around 39 feet (12 meters)... -
Challenger Center and AIAA Announce 2023 Trailblazing STEM Educator Awardees
22 March 2023
Challenger Center and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) announce Caroline Little, Aymette Medina, and Taylor Whisenant as the winners of the... -
TD Cowen Says Aviation Aftermarket Ready for Boost
22 March 2023
Aviation Week reports that a new TD Cowen analysis projects rising air travel demand to “significantly outpace new capacity created by aircraft deliveries for the next several years... -
DART Mission Shows that Dimorphos Has No Water-Ice
22 March 2023
SPACE reports that six months following the DART mission slamming a spacecraft into an asteroid, Dimorphos has given NASA scientists time to clarify a profile of the asteroid. -
Pearland Police First in US to Receive FAA Approval for Station-Controlled Drone
21 March 2023
The Houston Chronicle reports that Pearland’s police department “has become the nation’s first law enforcement agency to win Federal Aviation Administration approval to use a system in which drones... -
Moon Missions to Help Lay Groundwork for Future Missions to Mars
21 March 2023
The Daily Mail (UK) reports that an astronaut has said the crewed missions to the moon in the coming years will help... -
Airbus Is Hiring Thousands of Workers for Aircraft Production Increase
20 March 2023
Reuters reports that Airbus is better prepared for the challenge of securing enough people to handle jet production increases... -
SpaceX Launches Two Separate Satellite Missions
20 March 2023
Spaceflight Now reported that SpaceX “launched two Falcon 9 rockets in a span of a little more than four hours Friday, a record-setting day... -
Airbus and Boeing Seek High-Skill Talent in India
17 March 2023
Bloomberg reports that The Boeing Company and Airbus “are increasingly looking to India... -
SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Mission Successfully Docks to ISS
17 March 2023
Aviation Week reports that SpaceX’s “resupply mission to the International Space Station autonomously docked to the ISS early March 16... -
Virgin Orbit Pauses Operations, Furloughs Staff
16 March 2023
BNN Bloomberg (CAN) reports that Virgin Orbit “has paused operations and furloughed staff while it attempts to secure more funding.” -
Air Force Global Strike Command’s Innovation Lab Debuts Counter-Small UAS Competition
16 March 2023
ExecutiveGov reports that Air Force Global Strike Command’s innovation arm “has launched a new competition to develop technology designed to counter threats... -
DOD Resumes Acceptance of F-35s from Lockheed Martin
15 March 2023
FlightGlobal reports that on March 14, the F-35 Joint Program Office said that the Defense Department has “resumed acceptance... -
SpaceX Launches Cargo Dragon Ship to ISS
15 March 2023
CBS News reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket “boosted a Dragon cargo ship into orbit Tuesday evening, carrying 6,300 pounds of research gear, crew supplies... -
AIAA Announces Recipients of 2023 Roger W. Kahn Scholarship
14 March 2023
AIAA is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Roger W. Kahn Scholarship. The four $10,000 scholarships have been awarded to the following high school seniors... -
USN, USMC Want to Maintain F-35 Production, End KC-130J Production After 2024
14 March 2023
Aviation Week reports the US Navy and Marine Corps “want to maintain production of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C... -
NASA Looks to Develop a ‘Deorbit Tug’ to Bring ISS in Controlled Destruction in 2030
14 March 2023
SPACE reports that NASA is looking “to develop a spacecraft capable of steering the International Space Station (ISS) to a controlled destruction in Earth’s atmosphere... -
Crew-5 Team Splashes Down Off the Florida Coast
13 March 2023
CNN reported that the four astronauts “who make up the Crew-5 team aboard the International Space Station returned home from a five-month stay in space Saturday...
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