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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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.”
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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.”
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Passes First of 10 Asteroids on Trip to Jupiter
2 November 2023
AP reports that on Wednesday, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft “encountered the first of 10 asteroids on its long journey to Jupiter.” The spacecraft “swooped past the pint-sized Dinkinesh, about 300 million miles (480 million kilometers) away in the main asteroid belt beyond Mars.”
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Airbus Helicopters Uncrewed VSR700 Completes First Test Flight Campaign
2 November 2023
Aviation Week reports that Airbus Helicopters’ uncrewed VSR700 rotorcraft “has completed its latest flight test campaign, demonstrating its ability…
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RAeS Article: AI, Autonomy, and Human-Machine Teaming Become Rising Forces of Change in Aviation
1 November 2023
Machines that can surpass human intelligence? Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems promise to outmatch certain aspects…
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Space Force Assigns 21 Launch Missions to ULA, SpaceX as Part of NSSL Phase 2 Contract
1 November 2023
Space News reports that on October 31, Space Systems Command “announced 21 launch missions have been assigned to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX as part of the National Security Space Launch…
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JetBlue Predicts Pratt & Whitney Engine Issues to Ground Aircraft through Next Year
1 November 2023
FlightGlobal reports that JetBlue Airways “expects six of its Airbus A321neos to be grounded by Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine problems by year-end…
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Embraer Sees Backlogs Rise in Q3
31 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that Embraer “delivered 28 executive aircraft and 15 commercial aircraft during the third quarter (Q3) of 2023, up 30% from 33…
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NASA Safety Panel Expresses Concerns About ISS Transition Plans
31 October 2023
Space News reported that a “NASA safety panel expressed concerns about NASA’s plans to shift from the International Space Station to commercial successors, including funding for an ISS deorbit vehicle.” During its October 26 public meeting….
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HAL to Produce Forgings for CFM International LEAP Engines
30 October 2023
FlightGlobal reports that Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and Safran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for HAL to produce engine forgings…
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SpaceX’s Starship Faces US Review on Path to Launch Resumption
27 October 2023
Bloomberg reports that the US Fish and Wildlife Service “initiated a formal review of the upgrades SpaceX has made to its Starship launch system…
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Northrop Grumman Remains on Track to Fly B-21 Raider Before End of 2023
27 October 2023
FlightGlobal reports Northrop Grumman said that it “remains on track to fly the secretive B-21 Raider stealth bomber before the end of 2023…
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Cosmonauts Find Radiator Coolant Leak on ISS During Spacewalk
26 October 2023
Spaceflight Now reports that two Russian spacewalkers “floated outside the International Space Station Wednesday and isolated a leaking radiator as planned, apparently causing residual coolant…
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USAF Conducting “Ground Taxi Activities” with B-21 Raider Ahead of First Flight
26 October 2023
Inside Defense reports the US Air Force said that it is “conducting ‘ground taxi activities’ with the B-21 Raider ahead of the bomber’s first flight.”
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StandardAero Commences CFM56-7B Test Capabilities at Dallas Facility
25 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that US maintenance provider StandardAero “has commenced test services for the CFM56-7B engine at its engine hospital shop close to Dallas/Fort Worth…
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Achieves Longest Flight in 18 Months
25 October 2023
SPACE reports that NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter “conducted its 63rd Mars flight on Thursday (Oct. 19), covering 1,901 feet (579 meters) of ground in the process.” That was “its longest distance since Flight 25…
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USSF Prioritizing Modernization of Spaceports
24 October 2023
Space News reports that the need to “modernize US spaceports has been discussed for years, but major upgrades have yet to materialize.” With $1.3 billion in projected “funding for spaceport…
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Airbus Helicopters Opens 3D Printing Center
24 October 2023
Aviation International News reports that Airbus Helicopters “has opened a new 3D printing center at its Donauwörth, Germany site…
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NOAA Says Evidence of Rare Metals in Stratosphere Likely from Rocket Launches
23 October 2023
The Washington Post reports NOAA researchers collected and analyzed particles in the stratosphere that indicates the presence of rare elemental metals niobium…
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Value of Older Commercial Aircraft Increases as New Models Experience Problems
23 October 2023
The Wall Street Journal reported the value of 10-year-old planes, particularly the Airbus A320-200, has surged by 10% since August, recovering from the pandemic.
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Commercial Space Companies Warn Congress to Improve Regulations or US May Lose Spaceflight Lead
20 October 2023
Spaceflight Now reports that the three companies that “have flown people to space and back, Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, joined two experts at a Congressional hearing…
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American Airlines Exceeds 3Q Profit Estimates
20 October 2023
Reuters reports on Thursday American Airlines posted its third-quarter earnings, which “beat estimates for third-quarter adjusted profit.” American “said bookings for the upcoming holiday season have been steady…
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2023 ASCEND Announces Livestream Sessions Beginning Monday, October 23
20 October 2023
AIAA today announced five sessions during 2023 ASCEND will be shared via livestream on its website, ascend.events, providing complimentary access to stellar content featured during the event, 23–25 October, Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. The livestream recordings will be made available for on-demand viewing
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NASA Conducts First in Series of Ground-Test Firings to Certify Upgraded RS-25 Engine
19 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that “NASA has conducted the first in a planned series of 12 ground-test firings to certify the upgraded Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-25 engine…
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Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X Engine Passes 2,000 Hour Milestone
19 October 2023
Aviation International News reports that Rolls-Royce’s Pearl 10X engine “has now passed the 2,000-hour milestone in ground-testing.” Rated at “more than 18,000 pounds of thrust, the engine met its thrust objectives…
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SpaceX Launch Marks a Tie of 2022’s Record Number of Launches
18 October 2023
Orlando (FL) Sentinel reports that a SpaceX launch “from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday night marked the Space Coast’s 57th launch of the year…
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HondaJet Echelon Officially Launched at NBAA-BACE
18 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that Honda Aircraft formally “launched the HondaJet Echelon Model HA-480 light jet program during NBAA-BACE, announcing it has signed more…
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NASA, ISS National Lab, and AIAA Team Up for Live Space Station Downlink at 2023 ASCEND
18 October 2023
The world’s premier outcomes-focused, interdisciplinary space gathering – 2023 ASCEND – will hear directly from the crew onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Each year in Las Vegas, ASCEND brings together space industry professionals…
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Pratt & Whitney-Powered A320neo Groundings Start as FAA-Required Inspections Begin
17 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that groundings of Pratt & Whitney-powered Airbus A320neos “are climbing fast as operators remove engines for accelerated…
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EU Nations Eager to Expand Human Low-Earth-Orbit Presence
17 October 2023
Aviation Week reports that the first all-European private astronaut crew “is working toward a planned 14-day visit aboard the International…
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Amazon Launches Aviation Maintenance Career Training Program
16 October 2023
Aviation Week reported that Amazon has “joined widespread efforts to grow the aviation maintenance workforce pipeline.”
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SpaceX Launches Two Missions in One Day
16 October 2023
Orlando (FL) Sentinel reported that after abiding by NASA’s request “to give its Psyche mission on a Falcon Heavy launch its full attention this week, SpaceX lined up and knocked out a Falcon 9 launch just hours later on Friday.”
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AIAA Publishes Global Vision on Space Safety, Security, and Sustainability by 2023 ASCEND Diverse Dozen
16 October 2023
AIAA today announced it has published the 2023 ASCEND Diverse Dozen (D12) Op-Eds that address the most important issues surrounding space safety, security, and sustainability.
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AIAA Statement on NASA’s Psyche Launch
13 October 2023
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “Congratulations to NASA on today’s successful launch to study the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. We believe this mission is fueled by our human drive to learn more…
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NASA Delays Test Flights of X-59 to 2024
13 October 2023
Aviation Week in paywalled coverage reports NASA “has pushed back the first flight of the X-59 low-boom supersonic demonstrator to 2024 after a series of subsystem issues encountered during check-out tests at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works…
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European Airlines Say Sustainable Fuel Goals Could Lead to Higher Fares
13 October 2023
Reuters reports, “European airline chiefs said on Thursday the industry needs to make more money and may consolidate further to pay for sustainability targets…