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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…
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NASA’s New Supersonic Jet Will Have One Thing Missing: A Sonic Boom
6 April 2023
Robb Report reports that NASA’s experimental X-59 jet, powered by GE Aerospace, will work to minimize the loud noise that usually accompanies an aircraft breaking the sound barrier…
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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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Artemis II Astronauts on Being Selected for Moon Mission
5 April 2023
CBS News reports that the crew of four astronauts who will fly by the moon in NASA’s first crewed moon mission in over 50 years was announced on Monday.
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Japanese Airlines Make Use of Predictive Maintenance Platforms
5 April 2023
Aviation Week reports that Japanese airlines such as All Nippon Airways (ANA) operate a mix…
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Virgin Orbit Files for Bankruptcy
4 April 2023
Reuters reports that Virgin Orbit “filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday after the satellite launch company failed to secure the long-term funding needed to help it recover from a January rocket failure.”
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General Says F-35 Supply Chain Too Risky for Future War
4 April 2023
Defense News reports that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “will need a more resilient supply chain to ensure the military can keep it flying in a future…
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AIAA Statement on the Artemis II Crew
3 April 2023
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher: “Congratulations to Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Hammock Koch, and Reid Wiseman on being named the four explorers who comprise the crew of the Artemis II mission.
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SpaceX’s Starship to Launch Private Moon Rover in 2026
3 April 2023
SPACE reported that Astrolab has secured an agreement with SpaceX to launch its Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover on one of SpaceX’s Starship moon missions.
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Labor Cost Increases See Airline Margins Fall
3 April 2023
Aviation International News reported that labor costs have steadily increased for US airlines since air travel has started to come back…
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SpaceX Scrubs SDA Satellite Batch Launch
31 March 2023
Aviation Week reports that SpaceX “scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch…
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Boeing Will Increase 737 MAX Production Rates ‘Very Soon’
31 March 2023
Reuters reports that Stan Deal, The Boeing Company’s commercial aircraft business leader, said the company will increase 737 MAX production…
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Daher to Increase Production, Expand with Hybrid-Electric TBM
30 March 2023
Aviation International News reports that Daher’s aviation division “expects to broaden its product lineup…
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SpaceX Launches 56 More Starlink Satellites into LEO
30 March 2023
UPI reports that SpaceX’s 21st launch this year “sent 56 Starlink satellites into orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Wednesday…
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Pentagon Gears Up for Potential Space Threats
29 March 2023
The Wall Street Journal reports that as China and Russia grow closer and put more of their military resources into space, the Pentagon is putting US resources into satellites…
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Air Taxis Will Start Commercial Flights in 2025, Honeywell Predicts
29 March 2023
Bloomberg reports that Honeywell’s head of aerospace business, Mike Madsen, said that he sees the first eVTOL air taxis beginning operation in 2025…
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2023 AIAA DEFENSE Forum to Focus on Winning the Strategic Competition
28 March 2023
AIAA has announced its three-day program for the 2023 AIAA DEFENSE Forum, 11–13 April at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland. This year’s program will explore…
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Rocket Lab Works to Challenge SpaceX
28 March 2023
Gizmodo reports Rocket Lab is working to challenge SpaceX, which currently has a stranglehold on the spaceflight industry. Rocket Lab CFO…
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Aerospace Supply-Chain Troubles Force US Airlines to Back Off Fleet Growth
28 March 2023
An article discussing the constant global supply chain crisis in the aerospace industry in FlightGlobal points out that the supply chain issues being experienced now were present even before the pandemic…
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Helicopter Business Leaders Set Stage for EVOTLs
27 March 2023
Aviation International News reported that rotorcraft industry leaders “addressing the Helicopter Investor conference this week in London expressed measured optimism…
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Canada Commits to 2030 ISS Extension
27 March 2023
Space News reported that the Canadian government “formally committed March 24 to an extension of the International Space Station to 2030, joining other Western partners but not…
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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…
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United Airlines Partners with Archer Aviation for Chicago Air Taxis
24 March 2023
CBS News Chicago reports that United Airlines “is teaming up with Archer Aviation to provide air taxi service between O’Hare International Airport …
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.”
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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GE Lends Helping Hands to Jet Engine Suppliers to Sidestep Supply-Chain Challenges
13 March 2023
Reuters reported that GE Aerospace CEO Larry Culp said the company has sent dozens of machinists and hundreds of engineers to component suppliers…
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AIAA Seeks Editor-in-Chief for the Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series
13 March 2023
AIAA is seeking an outstanding candidate to assume the responsibilities of editor-in-chief for the Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics Series.
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Google’s Wing Debuts Drone Delivery Network Goals
10 March 2023
BBC News reports Google’s subsidiary Wing says that operating drones as a network would improve efficiency. The technology “is being tested ‘at scale’ in Logan, Australia…
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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 Mission Nearly Over
10 March 2023
UPI reports that SpaceX launched 21 “V2 Mini” satellites to add to their Starlink Internet constellation from Cape Canaveral…
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ASCENDxTexas to Focus on Breaking Barriers and Accelerating the Space Ecosystem
9 March 2023
AIAA announced the program for its collaborative event focused on pathways for our success – ASCENDxTexas – 29–30 March, South Shore Harbour Resort & Conference Center, Houston, Texas.
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ISS Adjusts Orbit to Avoid Collision
9 March 2023
Space News reports that the International Space Station “adjusted its orbit March 6 to avoid a close approach by an imaging satellite operated by…
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USAF Ramps Up Drone Wingmen Plans
9 March 2023
Defense News reports that the US Air Force “is ramping up plans for incorporating
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NASA Sets Artemis II Launch for November 2024
8 March 2023
The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reports that NASA mission managers “said Tuesday…