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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…
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Rolls-Royce Tests Hydrogen Propulsion System with EasyJet
29 November 2022
Aviation International News reports that Rolls-Royce and EasyJet “have completed ground tests with an early concept…
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Mars Rover Collects Samples which Indicate Possible Life on Mars
28 November 2022
The Washington Post reported that NASA rover Perseverance “has hit what scientists are hoping…
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AIAA Announces its Class of 2023 Associate Fellows
28 November 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce its newly elected Class of 2023 Associate Fellows. “Congratulations to each member of the…
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Ampaire’s Grand Caravan Makes First Flight
28 November 2022
Aviation Today reported that Ampaire’s Eco Caravan aircraft, “an upgraded Cessna Grand Caravan, made its first flight…
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SpaceX Launched Satellite On Tuesday, Plans Saturday ISS Resupply Mission Launch
23 November 2022
Florida Today reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket “dodged inclement weather around Cape Canavera …
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FAA Will Add Powered-Lift Aircraft to Air Carrier Category
23 November 2022
BBC News reports that the FAA said on Monday that “it was proposing to expand its definition…
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NASA Faces Challenges as it Looks to Establish a Lunar Base
22 November 2022
The Los Angeles Times reports, “If NASA ever establishes a lunar base – a long-term project advanced Wednesday with the launch of Artemis I…
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Air Taxis Clear One Regulation Hurdle
22 November 2022
BBC News reports that the FAA said on Monday that “it was proposing to expand its definition of the machines it considered air carriers from airplanes…
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Boeing Expects Demand for Air Cargo to Increase
21 November 2022
Reuters reported that The Boeing Company believes air cargo traffic will double over the next two decades with the “world’s freighter fleet expanding by more than 60%.” Full Story (Reuters)
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Japan Outlines NASA Gateway Plans
21 November 2022
Aviation Week reported that Japan has outlined “its planned contributions to NASA’s Gateway…
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Starship Award Part of $4 Billion in NASA Flights
18 November 2022
CNBC reports that right before Artemis I lifted off from Cape Canaveral, “NASA announced an additional Starship award under the lunar Artemis program. SpaceX is now on tap…
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Archer Aviation Debuts Midnight
18 November 2022
Aerospace America reports that Archer Aviation yesterday publicly revealed at its Palo Alto, California facility a production version…
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SpaceX is Recruiting People to Live and Work at its Starbase in Texas
17 November 2022
Forbes reports, “Sun, sand and Starships. That’s the pitch SpaceX is offering to anyone…
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Delta Seeks Drag Reduction with Boeing Aero Design Lab Kits
17 November 2022
Aviation Week reports, “Delta Air Lines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Aero Design Lab (ADL), targeting supplemental type certification (STC) of the Texas-based…
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Astronauts Install Hardware on Outside of ISS
16 November 2022
CNN reports, “First-time spacewalkers and NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio began…
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Crossover Narrowbody Jets Offer Modern Workplace
16 November 2022
Aviation Week reports crossover narrowbody jets…