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CAPSTONE Reaches Lunar Orbit
15 November 2022
In what UPI describes as a “major win” for NASA, the CAPSTONE CubeSat probe “arrived in orbit around the moon…
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X-37B Lands at Kennedy Space Center after Spending 908 Days in Orbit
14 November 2022
Aviation Week reported behind a paywall that the US Space Force “landed the X-37B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Nov. 12…
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Amazon’s New Delivery Drone
14 November 2022
CNBC reported that Amazon’s new delivery drone, the MK27-2, will begin making deliveries in two markets in California…
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ULA’s Atlas V Rocket Launched JPSS-2, LOFTID into Space Thursday
11 November 2022
The AP reports that United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2)…
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XQ-58A Valkyrie Test Flight Successful
11 November 2022
Unmanned Systems Technology reports Kratos Defense & Security Solutions “recently completed a successful flight…
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Despite Jammed Solar Panel, Cygnus Capsule Docks with ISS
10 November 2022
AP reports, “A Northrop Grumman capsule delivered several tons of supplies to the International Space Station…
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Boeing Recommends Air Taxi Safety Standards Mirror Those for Commercial Jets
10 November 2022
Reuters reported that The Boeing Company “urged regulators on Tuesday to subject a new generation…
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Op-Ed: Human-Machine Teaming Key to Aerospace Engineering’s Digital-Driven Future
10 November 2022
Machines that can surpass human intelligence? Today’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems promise to outmatch certain aspects…
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Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit Face Challenges
9 November 2022
SPACE reports, “Shareholders in Virgin Galactic launched a class action lawsuit with numerous allegations about the space tourism…
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Delta Preparing for 5 Million Travelers During Thanksgiving
9 November 2022
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Delta Air Lines is expecting “the heaviest Thanksgiving traffic…
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Storm Delays SpaceX Launch while Artemis I Remains on Launchpad for Now
8 November 2022
Spaceflight Now reports, “SpaceX has pushed back the flight of its next Falcon 9 rocket…
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HondaJet Elite II Awarded FAA Certification
8 November 2022
Aviation Today reports, “The HondaJet Elite II aircraft, revealed during the 2022 NBAA…
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AIAA Statement on Northrop Grumman’s Successful CRS-18 Launch
7 November 2022
AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student members of AIAA…
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Thrive Aviation Takes Delivery of First G600
7 November 2022
Aviation International News reported, “Charter operator and jet card provider Thrive Aviation…
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US Military’s X-37B Space Plane in Orbit for 900+ Days
7 November 2022
SPACE reported, “The U.S. military’s X-37B robotic space plane just passed 900 days in orbit on its latest hush-hush…
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NASA Readies Artemis for Another Attempt
4 November 2022
CBS News reports, “NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket, bedeviled by fuel leaks…
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NetJets Close to 1,000 Aircraft
4 November 2022
Aviation International News reports, “With planned additions and no expectations to dispose of any of its current aircraft, NetJets…
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Aviation Week Network Checks in with AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher
4 November 2022
Aviation Week Network checked in with AIAA Executive Director Dan Dumbacher for a status report on existential threats…
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NASA’s InSight Nears End of the Line
3 November 2022
SPACE reports, “So much dust is choking off the solar power supply to NASA’s InSight lander that the Mars mission…
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Australia to Replace C-130Js with Super Hercules
3 November 2022
Aviation International News reports, “Australia has selected the Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules…
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launches for First Time in Three Years
2 November 2022
Space News reports that a SpaceX Falcon Heavy “lifted off Nov. 1 at 9:41 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy…
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NASA Looks Ahead to ISS Transition
2 November 2022
Aviation Week reports that NASA is going ahead with plans to transition the…
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Business Jet Manufacturers Face a Number of Challenges
2 November 2022
Aviation Week reports, “Business aircraft manufacturers face a number of challenges and threats…
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AIAA/AIA Study Shows Labor Shortage Hurting Aerospace and Defense Sectors
1 November 2022
Defense News reports, “Amid the exodus of employees across the economy over the last 12 months…
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NASA Completes Super Hornet Tests
1 November 2022
ExecutiveGov reports, “NASA Armstrong Research Center has completed complex loads of calibration tests…
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China Launches Last Space Station Module
31 October 2022
AP reports, “China on Monday launched the third and final module to complete its permanent space station…
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Air Taxis Could Lessen Traffic Issues in Major Cities
31 October 2022
The Hill reported that electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis is a space “saturated with startups
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Tengden Scorpion D Cargo UAV Takes First Flight
28 October 2022
Aviation Week reports, “Another design has been added to the list of large uncrewed cargo aircraft under…
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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 from California
28 October 2022
The AP reports that a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force base…
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Bell Shows Off Autonomous Pod Transport at Air Medical Conference
27 October 2022
Aviation International News reports, “Bell has brought its Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) eVTOL this week to the 2022…
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Inflatable Heat Shield Could Help Humans Land on Mars
27 October 2022
Aerospace America reports that at the AIAA’s ASCEND event in Las Vegas, NASA announced that its Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test…
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ISS Adjusts Course to Avoid Russian Space Debris
26 October 2022
CNN reports that NASA said the ISS fired its thrusters for five minutes and five seconds to avoid a Russian satellite destroyed by a missile strike…
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Airbus Helicopters Unveils Continuing Robust Sales When it Comes to US Medical Market
26 October 2022
Aviation International News reports that “Japan Aerospace (JAC) and Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) have signed an agreement…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket Readies for Halloween Launch
25 October 2022
CNET News reports, “The Falcon Heavy mission dubbed USSF 44 is the next launch on deck for pad 39-A…
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NASA’s X-57 to Fly as Soon as December
25 October 2022
Aviation Week reports, “NASA plans to attempt first flight of its X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft…
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NASA Tests Mars Crash Landing
24 October 2022
CNET News reported that NASA JPL is testing Simplified High Impact Energy Landing Device (SHIELD)…
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B-21 Debut Set for December 2
24 October 2022
FlightGlobal reported that Northrop Grumman said it would debut its B-21…
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Air Taxi Business May Get Early Business from Airline Alliance
21 October 2022
Aerospace America reports that electric air taxi aircraft are seeing early customers in the form of the major airlines…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Starlink Mission Launch Successful
21 October 2022
Florida Today reports SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 10:50 a.m. Thursday morning…
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SpaceX Looks to Launch from Cape Canaveral Today
20 October 2022
The Orlando Sentinel reports the Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to lift off from Space Launch Complex 40…
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Parker Sees Rapid Technology Development in New Electric Aircraft
20 October 2022
Aviation International News reports that Parker Aerospace sees utilization of electric aircraft as the company’s future.
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Blackhawk Aerospace Sees Retrofits as the Future with PC-12 Expected to be Certified Soon
19 October 2022
Aviation Week reports, “Aftermarket engine upgrade specialist Blackhawk Aerospace is developing…
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NASA Says Spacewalks will Resume
19 October 2022
Aviation Week reports, “NASA is looking to mid-November for the resumption of planned spacewalks…
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How Can the Aerospace and Defense Industry Better Respond to the Workforce Challenges of Today, while Preparing for the Future?
19 October 2022
The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today released the 2022…
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NASA’s Asteroid-Sampling Mission on Track for Next Year
18 October 2022
SPACE reports, “The spacecraft at the center of NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission has altered its trajectory…
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Airbus to Carry Out First Cargo Flights for Beluga Cargo Jet
18 October 2022
Bloomberg reports that Airbus SE looks to run its first cargo flights for an external client with a fleet of Beluga jets…
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Exploration Generation Unveils New Rocketry-Themed Storyline Unit for Middle School Educators Nationwide
18 October 2022
Exploration Generation (ExGen), co-founded by AIAA, Estes Industries, and NSTA, today unveiled its new rocketry-themed…
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NASA’s Artemis I Set to Launch in November
17 October 2022
CNET News reported, “NASA will roll Artemis I back to out the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as Nov. 4.
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Bombardier Goes Supersonic with its Global 8000
17 October 2022
Aviation Week reported, “As Bombardier continues certification tests of the extended-range Global 8000…
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AIAA Announces University Student Design Competitions Winners
17 October 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021–2022 Design Competitions.