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NASA Still Working to Resolve Boeing Starliner Issues After 1st Crewed Test Flight
28 October 2024
SPACE reports that Boeing’s Starliner had propulsion issues after launching on its first test mission with astronauts. Six weeks after the mission concluded, “NASA is still working…
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Lilium Set to File for Insolvency Protection to Salvage eVTOL Aircraft Plan
28 October 2024
Aviation International News reports, “Lilium is about to file self-administration proceedings in a German court, implementing a form of insolvency protection as it scrambles to line up further investment to complete the development…
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Northrop Anticipates Next B-21 Production Award by End of the Year
25 October 2024
Defense One reports, “Northrop Grumman anticipates getting a second contract to continue producing the Pentagon’s new B-21 Raider by the end of the year, executives announced…
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Crew-8 Splashes Down Off the Coast of Pensacola, Florida
25 October 2024
Spaceflight Now reports that three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut have “returned to Earth after spending more than seven months in space.
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Blue Origin’s Second Human-rated New Shepard Makes First Flight
24 October 2024
Space News reports, “Blue Origin carried out the first flight of a new model of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Oct. 23, a mission the company called ‘nominal and on target’ despite…
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AIAA Statement on Blue Origin’s Successful NS-27 Mission
24 October 2024
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Clay Mowry: “On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student members of AIAA, we congratulate Blue Origin on its successful NS-27 mission, debuting its second human-rated vehicle.
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GE Aerospace Expands Use of its AI-Powered Blade Inspection Technology
24 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “GE Aerospace is expanding the use of its artificial intelligence-enabled blade inspection tool to its two most advanced commercial engine platforms.
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ULA Preparing Vulcan Rocket for First National Security Mission
23 October 2024
Spaceflight Now reports, “Less than a month after the second of two planned certification launches, United Launch Alliance…
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FAA Announces Pilot Training, Certification Rules for Air Taxis
23 October 2024
Reuters reports, “The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification….
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Strong Growth Ahead for Business Aviation Per Honeywell Forecast
22 October 2024
Flying Magazine reports, this week the annual Honeywell Global Business Aviation Outlook was released…
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Intelsat’s IS-33e Satellite a ‘Total Loss’ After Breaking Up in Orbit
22 October 2024
Via Satellite reports, “Intelsat confirmed on Monday the Intelsat-33e satellite is a “total loss” after a recent …
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Eutelsat Satellites from California
21 October 2024
Reuters reports, “Eutelsat, the world’s third-biggest satellite operator by revenue, launched 20 satellites for its communications network…
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Embraer Aircraft Deliveries Increase by 33% Year on Year
21 October 2024
Aerotime reports, “Embraer has reported strong increases in aircraft deliveries in its latest quarter results, with its Executive Jets segment performing…
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Branson Plans to Join Space Perspective Founders on First Crewed Flight
18 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Following his July 2021 suborbital flight aboard Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson…
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Honeywell to Work with Merlin on Autonomous Flight Technology
18 October 2024
Avionics International reports, “Honeywell, a supplier of avionics systems, and Merlin, a small company developing software for autonomous military aviation, have partnered to bring…
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NASA Looking at Options for Continuous Human Presence in LEO After ISS
17 October 2024
Space News reports, “NASA is rethinking its desire for a ‘continuous human presence’ in low Earth orbit during the transition from the International Space Station to commercial platforms…
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Airbus Completes Loading of Autonomous Helicopter in First Demo
17 October 2024
Defense News reports, “Airbus U.S. Space and Defense has conducted its first demonstration as part of a program to build an autonomous, uncrewed version of the UH-72…
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Aviation Week Article: Agility Matters: Accelerating Aerospace Autonomy
17 October 2024
Agility matters when designing new capabilities like autonomous aircraft. So does thinking and partnering non-traditionally—it can lead to breakthroughs. Who would have thought that..
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FAA Grants Inversion Space Reentry License for Orbital Cargo Delivery Capsule Demo
16 October 2024
TechCrunch reports, “Inversion Space has become the third company to receive a spacecraft reentry license from the Federal Aviation…
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DARPA Funds Sikorsky to Convert Black Hawk Into Drone
16 October 2024
Aerotime reports, “American aircraft manufacturer Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, will convert a United States Army UH-60M Black Hawk into a drone. The company…
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Rolls-Royce Completes Pearl 10X Test Flights
15 October 2024
Flight Global reports, “Rolls-Royce has completed flight testing of the Pearl 10X engine it is developing for the Dassault Aviation Falcon 10X business jet after a six-month…
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NASA Launches Europa Clipper Mission to Explore Jupiter’s Moon
15 October 2024
Ars Technica reports, “NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft lifted off Monday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, kicking off a $5.2 billion robotic mission…
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Most Florida Airports Back in Service Post-Milton
14 October 2024
Aviation International News reports, “Airports across Florida are shrugging off the results of Hurricane Milton…
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SpaceX Starship Booster Caught by Launch Gantry During Landing
14 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “A SpaceX Super Heavy booster flew itself back to its Boca Chica Beach, Texas, launchpad where it was caught by a pair of mechanical arms…
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AIAA Statement on Fifth SpaceX Starship Test Flight
14 October 2024
AIAA issued the following statement from AIAA CEO Clay Mowry: “Congratulations to the SpaceX team on its fifth test flight of Starship. From its launch at Starbase, Texas, to catching the booster, through the on-orbit views…
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AIAA Statement on Successful Launch of Europa Clipper
14 October 2024
AIAA CEO Clay Mowry made the following statement: “On behalf of the 30,000 members of AIAA, we congratulate NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the entire Europa Clipper team on today’s successful SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch to send the spacecraft toward Jupiter’s moon Europa.
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Embraer E190F Freighter Variant Earns FAA Certification
11 October 2024
Simple Flying reports, “Embraer has announced that its E190F passenger-to-freighter (P2F) has been fully certified by the Federal Aviation…
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Space Force to Test New Orbit-Switching Maneuver on X-37B Space Plane
11 October 2024
Defense One reports, “A U.S. X-37B space plane is slated to test a new way of rapidly changing its orbit, part of the Space Force’s quest for fuel-sipping maneuverability. The spacecraft…
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As Space Station Ages, Air Leaks from Russian Section Cause Concern
10 October 2024
The Washington Post reports, “Russia’s space agency has identified four cracks and about 50 other “areas of concern” in a Russian section of the….
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Aviation Industry Coalition Calls for Measures to Prevent Use of Unapproved Plane Parts
10 October 2024
CNBC reports, “A report issued by an aviation industry coalition on Wednesday called for new steps to help prevent future unapproved parts from entering…
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NASA Selects Rocket Lab for Mars Sample Return Study
9 October 2024
Space News reports, “NASA has awarded a contract to Rocket Lab to study alternative concepts for Mars Sample Return (MSR), joining several other efforts to improve…
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Aurora Unveils High-Speed VTOL X-Plane Concept Design
9 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Aurora Flight Sciences on Oct. 8 unveiled new details of a notional operational variant of the fan-in-wing concept it is proposing…
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Small, Autonomous Airlifters Becoming Top Priority for US Air Force
8 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “A new type of military airlifter is rising to the top of the U.S. Air Force’s list of modernization priorities: small, autonomous…
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Europe’s Hera Asteroid Mission Lifts Off Ahead of Hurricane Milton
8 October 2024
Ars Technica reports, “Two years ago, a NASA spacecraft smashed into a small asteroid millions of miles from Earth to test a technique that could one day prove…
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AIAA Announces Winners of Prestigious Zarem Graduate Student Awards for Distinguished Achievement in Aeronautics and Astronautics
7 October 2024
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of the Zarem Graduate Student Award for Distinguished Achievement. The winners will receive their awards at the 2024 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, 8–12 January 2024.
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Airbus Sets New Speed Target for Next Compound Rotorcraft Demo
7 October 2024
Aviation Week reports, “Airbus Helicopters has set a new speed target of 240 kt. (276.1 mph) for the next round of flight testing of its Racer compound high-speed rotorcraft.
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FAA Authorizes Oct 7 Flight for SpaceX Falcon 9 Vehicle
7 October 2024
Reuters reports, “SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 rocket can return to flight for a mission planned for Monday to launch the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft from Florida…
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FAA Ends Review Launched After Spike in United Incidents
4 October 2024
Aerotime reports the FAA “has concluded a six-month review of United Airlines that the agency launched in March 2024, after several high-profile…
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ULA’s New Vulcan Centaur Rocket Successfully Launches in 2nd Test
4 October 2024
SPACE reports, “United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) powerful new Vulcan Centaur rocket is two for two. Vulcan Centaur, the successor to ULA’s workhorse Atlas V…
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NASA Turns Off Voyager 2 Instrument to Save Power
3 October 2024
AP News reports, “NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power. The space agency said Tuesday…
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Skydweller Aero Completes Testing on Drone Equipped with Solar Panels
3 October 2024
Gagadget.com reports, “Skydweller Aero has completed testing of the Skydweller drone equipped with solar panels. The test campaign was initiated as part of the Joint Concept for Technology Demonstration (JCTD) of the…
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Toyota to Invest $500M in Joby’s eVTOL Air Taxi
3 October 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “One of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers this week committed half a billion dollars to help develop a new mode of flight. Toyota on Wednesday announced it will funnel…
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AIAA Announces New $10,000 Mary W. Jackson Scholarship
2 October 2024
AIAA Foundation has launched a $10,000 undergraduate scholarship honoring the late NASA mathematician and aerospace engineer, Mary W. Jackson. The scholarship was created to provide even greater access to opportunity for the best students studying in the aerospace sciences…
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eVTOL Developer Lilium Powers on its First In-production Jet
2 October 2024
Aerotime reports, “In a significant milestone the electric vehicle takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Lilium has successfully powered on…
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Defense Department Requests Industry Proposals for Advancements in Small-Satellite Propulsion
2 October 2024
Space News reports, “The Defense’s Defense Innovation Unit published a call for industry proposals on advanced spacecraft propulsion technology, specifically focusing on…
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NASA Makes Progress Reducing ISS Air Leak
1 October 2024
Space News reports, “NASA is playing down concerns raised in a recent report about a long-running air leak in the Russian segment of the International Space Station, saying….
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NTSB Issues Warning on Possible Use of Suspect Rudder Control Parts by Foreign Operators on Boeing 737s
1 October 2024
Reuters reports, “The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using planes with rudder components that could pose safety risks…
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Space Station Cracking Presents “Highest” Risk and Consequence Problem, NASA Confirms
30 September 2024
Ars Technica reports, “US space officials do not like to talk about the perils of flying astronauts on the aging International Space Station, elements of which are now more than…
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Embraer Shares More Details About its New Autonomous Takeoff System
30 September 2024
Simple Flying reports, “During the Farnborough Airshow earlier this year, Embraer introduced a new takeoff system it calls E2TS…
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Boeing Pauses 737 Production
27 September 2024
Flying Magazine reports, “Boeing 737 production ground to a halt on Wednesday as the company continues to be riddled with costly strikes in the Pacific Northwest.