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AIAA Announces 2023 Sustained Service Awards Winners
5 January 2023
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Sustained Service Awards. The award recognizes…
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USN to Purchase Two Kratos Valkyries
4 January 2023
Aviation Week reports that the U.S. Navy “is buying two Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) with sensor…
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What to Expect in the Space Industry in 2023
4 January 2023
The New York Times reports that in 2022, NASA “wowed us with cosmic scenes captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.” The DART mission…
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NASA Considers SpaceX Astronaut Rescue in Wake of Soyuz Leak
3 January 2023
SPACE reported that NASA “might use a SpaceX spacecraft to rescue three space station crew members depending on a leaky Soyuz to get home, a report suggests.” The Soyuz spacecraft…
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Two Helicopters Collide Over Australia
3 January 2023
The AP reports that two helicopters “collided in an Australian tourist hotspot Monday afternoon…
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AIAA Statement on Passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023
23 December 2022
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “AIAA applauds the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023…
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Russian Space Agency May Send Rescue Spacecraft to Space Station
23 December 2022
The Washington Post reports that Roscomos, the Russian space agency, is “deciding whether it needs to send a rescue spacecraft…
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FAA Publishes Archer Air Taxi Airworthiness Criteria
23 December 2022
Aviation Today reports that the Airworthiness Criteria for the electric aircraft designed by Archer Aviation…
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Vega C Launch Failure Sets Inquiry Panel from ESA, Arianespace in Motion
22 December 2022
Aviation Week reports Avio’s Vega C launch vehicle “failed to place Pléiades Neo 5 & 6 satellites…
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Gulfstream G650 Passes 10 Year Milestone of Service
22 December 2022
Aviation International News reports that Gulfstream Aerospace yesterday “celebrated the 10th anniversary of the service entry of its ultra-long-range G650.”
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Starlink Passes One Million Active Subscribers Globally
21 December 2022
The Daily Mail (UK) reports that SpaceX announced “that its Starlink satellite…
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Airbus Helicopters Achieve Power-On Milestone
21 December 2022
FlightGlobal reports that Airbus Helicopters “has moved a step closer to the first flight of its Racer high-speed rotorcraft…
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NASA’s InSight Rover Prepares for Final Transmission
20 December 2022
The Guardian (UK) reports that NASA’s InSight lander “has delivered what could be its final message from Mars…
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B-2 Fleet Grounded Following Emergency Landing
20 December 2022
The AP reports that the Air Force “has grounded its entire fleet of B-2 stealth bombers following an emergency landing and fire…
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SpaceX Launches 54 New Starlink Satellites into Orbit
19 December 2022
CBS News reported that SpaceX “launched its third Falcon 9 rocket in less than two days Saturday, sending 54 Starlink internet satellites…
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Air India Order Includes 737 MAX, 787, and 777X Aircraft
19 December 2022
Reuters reported that Air India “is close to a deal to order more than 200 Boeing jets including 190 narrowbody 737 MAX…
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Operators Say Airbus A380 Wing Spar Crack Repairs Are Slowing Return to Service
16 December 2022
Aviation Week reports behind a paywall, “Operators of older Airbus A380s are finding that cracks in some areas…
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China’s New Tiangong Space Station Now Operational
16 December 2022
SPACE reports, “The International Space Station is no longer the only place where humans can live…
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AIAA Announces 2022 Region VII Student Conference Winners
16 December 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 Region VII Student Conference, held in November at the University of Adelaide, Australia.
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University of Maryland Professor Inderjit Chopra to Receive the Prestigious AIAA Walter J. and Angeline H. Crichlow Trust Prize
15 December 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce that Inderjit Chopra, Alfred Gessow Professor in Aerospace Engineering, Distinguished University Professor, and Director of Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center…
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SpaceX Looks to Set Record for Back-to-Back Launches Friday
15 December 2022
Florida Today reports, “SpaceX is taking back-to-back launches to a new level this week.”
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Delta Expects Profit to Nearly Double Next Year on “Robust” Air Travel Demand
15 December 2022
Reuters reports that Delta Air Lines just announced that it expects…
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United Reaches Deal with Boeing for Up to 200 787 Dreamliners
14 December 2022
The New York Times reports, “United Airlines plans to buy at least 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets…
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Perseverance Rover Captures First-Ever Sound of Mars “Dust Devil”
14 December 2022
The Washington Post reports that scientists have recorded the sound of a “dust devil” as…
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Boom Supersonic to Partner with Kratos on Engines for its Jets
13 December 2022
Reuters reports, “Boom Supersonic charted plans on Tuesday to develop an engine for its jets in partnership…
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Lunar Gateway to Serve as Model for Future Mars Missions
13 December 2022
CNET News reports on the successful Artemis 1 mission and adds that, “assuming everything goes…
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AIAA to Recognize Excellence in Aerospace Award Winners at the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum
12 December 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of awards to be presented during the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum, to be held 23–27 January 2023, National Harbor, Maryland.
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2023 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service Awarded to MIT’s Wesley Harris
12 December 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2023 AIAA Durand Lectureship for Public Service is awarded to Wesley Harris, Charles Stark Draper Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics…
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2023 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research Awarded to Rodney D. Bowersox, Texas A&M University
12 December 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the 2023 AIAA Dryden Lectureship in Research is awarded to Rodney D. Bowersox, Associate Dean for Research…
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SpaceX Rocket Launches Sunday Carrying UAE Lunar Rover, ispace Private Lander
12 December 2022
The AP reports Tokyo-based company ispace “aimed for the moon with its own private lander…
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Test Pilots Say B-21’s Odd Windows Not a Problem
12 December 2022
Air Force Times reported, “The test pilots who will be the first to fly the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s next stealth bomber…
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SpaceX Rocket Launches with Rival Satellite Payload
9 December 2022
Bloomberg reports that SpaceX “successfully launched 40 satellites for competing communications
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First Boeing P-8A Poseidon Delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force
9 December 2022
Aviation Week reports that The Boeing Company “has handed over the first of four…
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2023 AIAA SciTech Forum to Ignite the Future
8 December 2022
Registration for the 2023 AIAA SciTech Forum is open now for the worldwide aerospace community…
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SpaceX Targeting December 11 for Japanese Moon Lander Launch
8 December 2022
SPACE reports that SpaceX is “now targeting Sunday (Dec. 11) for the launch of a private Japanese moon lander…
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Airbus to Research Superconductivity as a Road to Sustainability
8 December 2022
Aviation International News reports that Airbus’s multi-path approach “to decarbonization took a new direction…
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NASA’s X-59 Plane to Break the Sound Barrier with No Sonic Boom
7 December 2022
CNET News reports that NASA’s X-59 plane is attempting to break the sound barrier without the usual…
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Boeing Finishes Production of Final 747
7 December 2022
Bloomberg reports that The Boeing Company “plans to roll out the final 747 jumbo jet…
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Orion Begins Final Leg of Artemis I Mission
6 December 2022
CNN reports on its website that the Artemis I mission “is now in the final stretch of its historic journey.”
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Pratt & Whitney’s Engine Powers New B-21
6 December 2022
Connecticut Post reports that the B-21 “is the Air Force’s first new bomber since the 1989 debut of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, with both…
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NASA Sends Astronauts on Spacewalk to Upgrade Solar Power of ISS
5 December 2022
Aviation Week reported that NASA pressed ahead “with upgrades to the solar power generation system aboard the…
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NTSB Recommends Bell 407 Inspections after Inflight Failure
5 December 2022
Aviation Week reported that the National Transportation Safety Board, “citing the risk of a catastrophic inflight failure, is urgently recommending U.S. and Canadian regulators…
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AIAA Statement on the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider
5 December 2022
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student…
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B-21 Bomber to Debut
2 December 2022
Reuters reports that Northrop Grumman “is set to roll out the first plane in a new fleet of long-range stealth nuclear bombers for the United States…
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NASA Says SLS Megarocket Performed as Planned in First-Ever Launch
2 December 2022
SPACE reports that NASA officials said the agency’s “Space Launch System (SLS) megarocket hit all of its marks…
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Artemis I Orion to Depart Lunar Orbit
1 December 2022
Aviation Week reports that well beyond “the halfway point of the 25-1/2 day Artemis I test flight, NASA’s Orion crew capsule is prepared to depart…
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Boeing Pauses 777 Testing After Engine Issue
1 December 2022
FlightGlobal reports that The Boeing Company “has halted its 777-9 flight-test programme…
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SpaceX Launch Aims to Send Private Lander to the Moon
30 November 2022
The Orlando (FL) Sentinel reports that a Falcon 9 rocket “is carrying private Japanese company…
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Gulfstream Notifies FAA of Soot at Rear of G500 and G600 Jets
30 November 2022
Reuters reports that Gulfstream Aerospace “has notified owners of its G500 and G600…
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NASA’s Orion to Set Distance Record
29 November 2022
Gizmodo reports that NASA’s Artemis 1 mission “continues to go well, with Orion entering into its target orbit…