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Ariane 5 Retirement Leaves Europe With a Launch Crisis
12 July 2023
Spaceflight Now reports that Europe is “facing months without its own independent access to space for large satellites following…
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Honda Subsidiary Will Build its New Light Aircraft Model at North Carolina Factory
12 July 2023
The AP reports Honda Aircraft Co. “will develop and build a longer-range version of its light aircraft in central North Carolina, generating 280 additional jobs…
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SpaceX Extends Record to 16 Missions for Falcon 9 Rocket
11 July 2023
Aviation Week reports that SpaceX “launched the same Falcon 9 rocket for a record 16th time on July 9 and then landed…
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How Airports Can Prepare for Future Electric Aircraft Operations
11 July 2023
Aviation Today reports that engineering firm WSP “has taken the lead in assisting airports in the preparations for electric aircraft. With electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles…
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NTSB to Investigate Engine Fire on Boeing 737 MAX
10 July 2023
The AP reported that the NTSB “will investigate an engine fire that was discovered on a United Airlines Boeing 737 Max after the plane landed in Newark…
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Space Force to Require Two Missions Prior to Using ULA’s Vulcan Centaur Rocket
10 July 2023
Aviation Week reported that “despite delays with United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) new Vulcan Centaur rocket, the U.S. Space Force will require two missions…
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Collision Avoidance Maneuvers by Starlink Satellites Increasing Exponentially
7 July 2023
SPACE reports Starlink satellites had “to swerve more than 25,000 times between Dec. 1, 2022, and May 31, 2023 to avoid potentially dangerous…
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US Sees Uptick in Fatal Business Aviation Accidents in First Half of 2023
7 July 2023
Aviation International News reports there were four fatal crashes of US-registered business jets in the first half of 2023, resulting…
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Airbus Deliveries Reportedly Up 6% for First Half of 2023
6 July 2023
Reuters reports industry sources indicated on Thursday that Airbus deliveries “increased by 6% in the first half of the year to reach 316 aircraft.
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NASA Reestablishes Contact With Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
6 July 2023
Spaceflight Now reports, “NASA engineers are prepping the miniature Mars helicopter Ingenuity for its 53rd flight across the surface of the Red Planet…
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AIAA Announces Election of New Board of Trustees Members-At-Large
6 July 2023
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Board of Trustees (BoT) elected three new Board of Trustees Members-At-Large during its meeting in February. These newly elected leaders began their three-year terms in May.
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India’s Space Industry Sees Rapid Growth
5 July 2023
The New York Times reports that from humble beginnings in 1963, India’s space industry “has found much surer footing.
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Airbus Helicopters Aims to Test Three New Technology Demonstrators by Year’s End
5 July 2023
Aviation International News reports that the Airbus H160 helicopter got closer to FAA certification this month with the Federal Aviation Administration’s issuance…
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AFRL to Test Air Traffic Management System for UAVs, eVTOLs
3 July 2023
Aviation Week reported that the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate and Afwerx have “recently installed…
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SpaceX Cargo Dragon Splashes Down Off Florida With ISS Payload
3 July 2023
Aviation Week reported SpaceX’s “28th NASA-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission” to the ISS splashed down off the Florida coast on Friday…
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SpaceX Cargo Dragon Departs ISS
30 June 2023
Aviation Week reports that NASA’s 28th SpaceX-contracted Cargo Dragon resupply mission spacecraft “departed the International Space Station (ISS) June 29…
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CAE Projects That Aviation Industry Requires 1.3M New Professionals by 2032
30 June 2023
Aviation International News reports that the global civil aviation industry “will need a combined 1.3 million new professionals by 2032 to support the growing…
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AIAA Statement on the Virgin Galactic Mission ‘Galactic 01’
29 June 2023
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student members of AIAA, we congratulate Virgin Galactic on its successful flight today..
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NASA Solicits Ideas for Artemis III Landing Experiments
29 June 2023
SPACE reports that NASA is “soliciting the scientific community for ideas about instruments and experiments that could…
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First Joby EVTOL Prototype Rolls Off Assembly Line
29 June 2023
Aviation Week reports that Joby Aviation “has rolled out the first prototype of its S4 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft…
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Odin Space Prepares to Begin Detecting Orbital Debris
28 June 2023
Space News reports that Odin Space is “preparing to start detecting tiny but potentially dangerous pieces of orbital debris in the coming weeks from a sensor on a recently launched space tug.”
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Air Travel Disruptions Continue in Wake of Severe Storms
28 June 2023
CNN reports that air travel disruptions continued for the fourth day Tuesday, “with more than 7,000 flights across the United States delayed or canceled after powerful storms…
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Volocopter to Partner with Safran on Next-Gen Electric Powertrain
27 June 2023
Aviation Today reports that Volocopter “signed an agreement with Safran Electrical & Power last week that includes plans for developing a next-generation…
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Ariane 5 Launch Scheduled for July 4
27 June 2023
Spaceflight Now reports that Europe’s last Ariane 5 rocket “is now scheduled to lift off July 4 after being grounded for more than two weeks due…
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AIAA Announces 2023 ASCEND Guiding Coalition Comprised of Prominent Leaders Across the Aerospace Community and Adjacent Industries
26 June 2023
AIAA is proud to announce the 44 members of the 2023 ASCEND Guiding Coalition who represent a diverse mix of leading aerospace companies, government agencies, and academic institutions, each with…
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SpaceX to Launch Euclid Dark Energy Probe
26 June 2023
SPACE reported that Euclid, a dark matter and dark energy hunter, is “scheduled to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on July 1…
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NASA’s X-57 Program Concludes with No Flight
26 June 2023
Aviation Week reported that after struggling for years “with a variety of technical problems and setbacks, NASA has decided…
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Airbus Outsells Boeing as Both Rack Up Huge Order Totals in Paris
23 June 2023
Bloomberg reports that at the Paris Air Show, Airbus came in ahead of The Boeing Company “in the closely watched contest for airplane orders…
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Terran, Safran to Partner on Satellite Propulsion
23 June 2023
Space News reports that satellite manufacturer Terran Orbital “has signed an agreement with French aerospace giant Safran to explore U.S.-based production of satellite propulsion systems…
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ULA’s Delta 4 Heavy Launches NRO Satellite
22 June 2023
Space News reports that United Launch Alliance “launched a classified National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket June 22 at 5:18 a.m. Eastern from…
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Airbus Seeing New Materials Shortages Emerge in Aerospace Supply Chain
22 June 2023
Aviation Week reports that “Airbus is seeing new materials shortages emerge in the aerospace supply chain as other issues that have dominated in recent months begin to settle down.”
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ULA Scrubs First Delta IV Heavy Launch, Sets New Attempt for Early Thursday
21 June 2023
Florida Today reports, “A first launch attempt of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket for the NROL-68 mission was scrubbed early Wednesday, June 21.
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Boeing Partners with Aurora to Enhance KC-46A Pegasus’ Defensive Capabilities
21 June 2023
Janes reports that The Boeing Company announced at the Paris Air Show on June 20 that it will partner with “Aurora Flight Sciences to enhance the defensive capabilities of its KC-46A Pegasus…
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NASA’s X66-A Aircraft to Make Aerospace Carbon-Neutral
20 June 2023
The Daily Mail reports that NASA’s collaboration “to build, test, and fly a full-scale demonstrator – which will carry the US Air Force test name X-66A…
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AIAA Announces 2023 ASCEND Program Focused on Building Our Sustainable Off-World Future Through Collaboration
20 June 2023
AIAA today announced the initial program for its upcoming ASCEND event, 23–25 October, Caesars Forum, Las Vegas. ASCEND is the world’s premier…
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NASA Completes Another RS-25 Test
20 June 2023
ExecutiveGov reported that NASA “has completed another hot fire test of an RS-25 certification engine as part of a test series…
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Virgin Galactic Reveals Dates for First Commercial Space Flights
19 June 2023
The Street reports that Virgin Galactic has unveiled its inaugural commercial flight dates. “Seats have been assigned for the Virgin Space Ship Unity…
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Paris Air Show Returns After Four-year Hiatus
19 June 2023
CNBC reports that it’s been “four years since one of the aviation industry’s biggest air shows was held in person.” Following the…
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NASA Astronauts Complete ISS Solar Power System Upgrade
16 June 2023
Aviation Week reports that two NASA astronauts “installed a sixth and final planned ISS Roll Out Solar Array (iROSA) on the long solar power truss…
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Aviation Industry Executives Split on Whether Energy Transition Goals Are Achievable
16 June 2023
Reuters reports that the aviation industry “is split on whether it can meet its climate targets[,] with almost a third of its sustainability executives…
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Musk Says SpaceX Plans to Launch Starship Again in Six to Eight Weeks
15 June 2023
SPACE reports that Elon Musk announced Tuesday on Twitter that the SpaceX is shooting for another liftoff of Starship six to eight weeks from now. That timeline “may be ambitious, however…
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EVOTL OEM Ranking Hold Steady in Reality Index
15 June 2023
Aviation Week reports that the ranking of electric air taxi startups “was unchanged in the latest edition of the AAM Reality Index, with Joby Aviation and Volocopter…
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USSF Ready to Harness Satellite-Servicing Technologies
14 June 2023
Space News reports that the US Space Force (USSF) “says it is now ready to get in the game” of satellite-servicing technologies.
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Electra. Aero Debuts ‘Ultra’-Short Takeoff and Landing Demonstrator
14 June 2023
Aerospace America reports that Electra.aero debuted its Goldfinch two-seat hybrid-electric demonstrator which the company hopes…
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SpaceX Launches Bicoastal Missions Putting 124 Payloads into Orbit
13 June 2023
CBS News reports that in a Monday doubleheader, SpaceX “launched 52 Starlink internet satellites from Florida…
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The State of Electric Aviation in 2023
13 June 2023
An article discussing the advancements made in electric aviation in 2023 in Aviation Today reports that the aviation industry is under sharp scrutiny…
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SpaceX Dragon Breaks Space Shuttle Records
12 June 2023
Florida Today reports that SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 on Sunday morning…
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Megawatt Electrical Motor Could Electrify Aviation
12 June 2023
CleanTechnica reported that a team of MIT engineers “is now creating a 1-megawatt motor that could be a key stepping-stone toward…
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AIAA Releases White Paper Advocating for Use of Digital Threads in Aerospace
12 June 2023
AIAA today released a white paper at the 2023 AIAA AVIATION Forum to advance the use of Digital Threads across the aerospace industry. The paper, “Digital Thread: Definition, Value, and Reference Model,” is a collaboration with the Aerospace Industries Association…
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NASA Worried that SpaceX’s Starship Schedule May Delay Artemis Mission
9 June 2023
Spaceflight Now reported that a senior NASA official “raised concerns Wednesday that ‘difficulties’ with SpaceX’s development of the huge new Starship rocket could delay the Artemis program’s…