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China Shifting to Airbus as US-China Tensions Rise
6 October 2022
Bloomberg reports that as US-Sino tensions have risen, Chinese airlines have shifted more toward Airbus…
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Challenger Center and AIAA Open Nominations for 2023 Trailblazing STEM Educator Award
5 October 2022
Challenger Center and the AIAA announced they are accepting nominations for…
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ULA’s Atlas V Launches from Cape Canaveral
5 October 2022
Spaceflight Now reports that a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket successfully launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral…
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Crew-5 Mission Will See Russian Cosmonaut Fly Aboard US Spacecraft for First Time Since 2002
5 October 2022
CBS News reports, “Despite frigid U.S.-Russian relations, cosmonaut Anna Kikina is poised to become the first Russian…
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Pratt & Whitney Begins Test of GTF on A320neo
5 October 2022
FlightGlobal reports, “Airbus and Pratt & Whitney have started development flight testing of a more efficient PW1100G geared turbofan…
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AIAA to Present Premier Lecture and Technical Excellence Award During 2022 ASCEND
4 October 2022
AIAA is pleased to announce the winners of a premier lectureship and a technical excellence award, as well as…
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Wisk Aero Unveils New Tiltrotor Aircraft
4 October 2022
Aerospace America reports that at a press conference, Wisk Aero unveiled its new tiltrotor aircraft….
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SpaceX Working to Upgrade Cape Canaveral Launch Pad
4 October 2022
Space News reports that while SpaceX is preparing to launch the Crew-5 mission with NASA, the company…
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Firefly Aerospace Launches its First Rocket into Orbit
3 October 2022
Bloomberg reported Firefly Aerospace Inc. has “launched its first rocket…
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USAF Grounds Most of its Older C-130H Hercules Cargo Planes, Variants
3 October 2022
Defense News reported that the US Air Force has “grounded most of its older C-130H…
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FCC Passes New Satellite Deorbiting Rule
30 September 2022
CNN reports the Federal Communications Commission passed a new rule which forces unused satellites…
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As Ian Moves Up East Coast, Airport Closures and Flight Cancellations Continue
30 September 2022
CNN reports that “Tropical Storm Ian threatens another blow to air travel as it moves up the East Coast and away…
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Italy’s Cristoforetti First European Woman to Command ISS
29 September 2022
The Daily Mail (UK) reports once Russia’s Oleg Artemyev leaves the ISS, Italy’s Samantha Cristoforetti…
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Canadian Authorities Review Safety Case for Challenger Jet
29 September 2022
FlightGlobal reports that “Canadian authorities are reviewing the safety case for the Bombardier Challenger 600…
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Eviation Alice Performs First Flight
28 September 2022
The AP reports that Eviation’s prototype electric aircraft took its first flight Tuesday.
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DART Mission Successfully Crashes into Asteroid
28 September 2022
The Conversation reports that NASA “has crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid in an attempt to push the rocky traveler off its…
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Vertical Aerospace Test Flies VX4 Electric Air Taxi
27 September 2022
Aviation Week reports that Vertical Aerospace “has conducted the first tethered hover flight…
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NASA to Return Artemis to Primary Hangar Due to Hurricane Ian
27 September 2022
Bloomberg reports that “NASA will return its Artemis rocket and spacecraft to its primary hangar as Hurricane Ian…
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Airbus Stays with Jetliner Delivery Goals
26 September 2022
Aviation International News reported that Airbus “executives expressed confidence the European OEM will achieve its targets of delivering…
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NASA to Crash DART into Asteroid Monday
26 September 2022
SPACE reported that on Monday “at 7:14 p.m. EDT (2314 GMT), NASA will intentionally crash a spacecraft into…
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NASA Completes Artemis I Refueling Test
23 September 2022
Spaceflight Now reports that engineers “filled up the Artemis 1 moon rocket with more than 750,000 gallons of super-cold propellants…
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French Navy Receives its First Airbus H160 Helicopter
23 September 2022
Aviation Week reports that the “French Navy has taken delivery of its first Airbus H160 helicopter, an interim buy…
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Crew-5 Astronauts Prepare for Historic Mission
22 September 2022
SPACE reports that Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina along with two American astronauts and a Japanese astronaut are to “fly to the International…
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US Air Force Aims for Decision on F-35 Engine by Year’s End
22 September 2022
FlightGlobal reports that the Air Force is expected to make a decision on whether to re-engine the F-35 through the Adaptive Engine Transition…
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AIAA Launches New STEM Education Initiative to Inspire Students to Consider Careers in Aerospace
21 September 2022
AIAA has announced the liftoff of Students To Launch, a new national science, technology, engineering and…
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NASA Prepares for Wednesday SLS Fueling Test
21 September 2022
Spaceflight Now reported that engineers “are ready to reload NASA’s Artemis moon rocket with supercold fuel Wednesday to make sure a repaired liquid hydrogen…
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Battery-Powered Aircraft May be the Future of Aviation
21 September 2022
The Washington Post reports on electric aircraft. Several airlines including United, Mesa and Air Canada “have started putting orders in…
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L3Harris to Convert Embraer KC-390 Cargo Planes into Aerial Tankers
20 September 2022
Defense One reports that, “L3Harris Technologies has entered an agreement with Brazil’s Embraer to convert KC-390…
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Starlink Now Active on All Seven Continents
20 September 2022
CNET News reports that with “the addition of the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, SpaceX says its orbit-based…
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Bombardier Delivers First Global 6000 for US Air Force BACN Program
19 September 2022
Aviation International News reported that Bombardier “handed over the first Global 6000 modified for the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Battlefield Airborne…
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SpaceX Launches Next Starlink Batch After Five Days of Delays
19 September 2022
Florida Today reports that the “Space Coast’s 40th launch of the year lifted off at 8:18 p.m. EDT Sunday night…
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SpaceX Scrubs Starlink Launch Attempt a Third Time
16 September 2022
Spaceflight Now reports that for “the third day running, bad weather forced SpaceX to scrub a Falcon 9 launch attempt at Cape Canaveral…
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KC-46 Flies First Combat Refueling Sortie
16 September 2022
Aviation Week reports that the Boeing KC-46 “has flown its first combat refueling sortie as part of an exercise to employ the tanker downrange…
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NASA Attempts to Regain Control of CAPSTONE
15 September 2022
The Daily Mail (UK) reports that NASA’s Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE)…
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US Army Returns 59.5% of its Chinook Helicopter Fleet to Service Following Grounding
15 September 2022
The Hill reports that US Army spokesman Jason Waggoner said that the service now has 59.5 percent of its Chinook…
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Business Aircraft Flight Hours Increase Despite Fuel Costs
14 September 2022
Aviation Week reported that the hours “of business aircraft utilization rose by 15% to around 690,000 hours in June 2022 despite the cost of fuel…
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FAA Grounds Blue Origin New Shepard Rocket Pending Investigation of Aborted Launch
14 September 2022
The Orlando Sentinel reports that the FAA has grounded the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket pending an investigation…
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Artemis I Launch Delayed to at Least September 27
13 September 2022
SPACE reports that NASA announced Monday it is now targeting September 27 for the Artemis I launch. NASA is planning to conduct an SLS…
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NASA Conducting Research Flights with Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft
13 September 2022
Aviation Today reports that NASA pilots and researchers “began conducting research flights with the Sikorsky Autonomy Research….
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DOD May Allow F-35 Deliveries to Resume Within Weeks
12 September 2022
Aviation Week reported that the “U.S. Defense Department may allow Lockheed Martin F-35 deliveries to resume within weeks, pending…
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SpaceX Launches BlueWalker 3 Communications Satellite
12 September 2022
SPACE reported that SpaceX “launched a novel – and colossal – commercial communications satellite into orbit late Saturday and set a new launch record…
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AIA, AIAA Join Space Industry Coalition to Develop Skilled Technical Workforce
9 September 2022
AIA and AIAA will join the new initiative to develop a skilled technical workforce announced by Vice President…
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AIAA Panel Shows Optimism for Space-Nuclear Power
9 September 2022
Aviation Week reports that a panel “of experts assembled by AIAA has expressed optimism that NASA, two cabinet departments and the commercial sector are prepared…
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Aviation Week Profiles US Air Force Modernization Programs
9 September 2022
Aviation Week reports on the US Air Force’s major modernization programs. The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider “will be the U.S. Air Force’s next generation…
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NASA SLS Rocket’s Flight Termination System May Further Delay Launch
8 September 2022
Washington Post reports on the Flight Termination System for NASA’s Space Launch System, a “detonation system designed to destroy the rocket…
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American Airlines CEO Believes Airline Can Become Much Larger
8 September 2022
The Dallas Morning News reports that American Airlines CEO Robert Isom believes the carrier can become “much bigger.” Isom said, “We actually have…
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AIAA, Iridium, OneWeb, SpaceX Release “Satellite Orbital Safety Best Practices” Reference Guide
8 September 2022
AIAA, along with Iridium Communications, Inc., OneWeb, and SpaceX, today announced the immediate release of a best practices…
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Dream Chaser Spaceplane to be Used for ISS Cargo Mission in 2024
7 September 2022
SPACE reports that Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser spaceplane “will be used for an International Space Station (ISS) cargo mission in 2024 to ferry ‘a variety of life sciences…
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Boom Faces Battle in Search for Supersonic Engine
7 September 2022
Aviation International News reports that as Boom “continues its efforts to convince an engine manufacturer to back its supersonic ambitions…
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USAF’s CV-22 Ospreys Cleared to Resume Flying Amid Unresolved Gearbox Issue
6 September 2022
Aviation Week reported that on September 2, US Air Force Special Operations Command “returned its CV-22 fleet to flight after more than two weeks of grounding because…