Aviation Week reports, “High-speed airliner developer Boom took a major leap toward the development of its Mach 1.7 Overture transport with the successful supersonic flight of its XB-1 demonstrator, the first independently developed faster-than-sound aircraft. The XB-1, flown by Boom Chief Test Pilot Tristan ‘Geppetto’ Brandenburg, exceeded Mach 1 on three separate occasions during its 12th test flight on Jan. 28, hitting a top speed of Mach 1.12 at around 11 min. 30 sec. into the flight. The aircraft accelerated through the transonic regime while flying at 34,000 ft. in the Mojave Desert’s Black Mountain supersonic corridor within the area’s restricted R-2508 test airspace complex.”
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Boom Supersonic to Livestream XB-1 Test Flight at 10:45 AM
SPACE reports, “Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier during a test flight this morning (Jan. 28). This would mark the first time the company achieves the feat, and you can watch the historic action live. Colorado-based Boom’s XB-1 test vehicle is scheduled to lift off on its 12th test flight from California’s Mojave Air & Space Port today at around 11:00 a.m. EST (1600 GMT; 8 a.m. local California time). If all goes well, the piloted demonstrator craft will exceed Mach 1 — the speed of sound — about 25 minutes later. Boom will webcast the mission live via its website beginning at 10:45 a.m. EST (1545 GMT).”
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AIAA Corporate Member Connect: ISS National Lab
AIAA corporate members are invited to explore the latest in aerospace research and development while networking with aerospace organizations across the globe. This event will feature representatives on behalf of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory. Corporate members will have the ability to engage with the following representatives who have intrinsic knowledge of the ISS National Lab, and work in cooperative agreement with NASA daily to fully utilize the orbiting business incubator to bring value to our nation, and enable a robust market in low Earth orbit.
Corporate members will have the ability to understand the strategic practices of the ISS National Lab, understand space investment and business trends, and learn about programmatic priorities of the space station.
Topics: Strategic practices of the ISS National Lab, space investment and business trends, and programmatic priorities of the space station
Date: 8 June 2021
Time: 1530 – 1630 hrs ET
Corporate Member Strategic Advisory Committee Meeting
20 July 2020, 1130–1330 hrs ET
The Corporate Membership Strategic Advisory Committee (CMSAC) purpose is to provide guidance and recommendations on Institute policies and procedures related to corporate members and provide feedback to the Institute from the corporate member viewpoint. At this meeting we hope to identify current issues that we as and industry can come together to strategically address. Each AIAA corporate member has the option of designating one individual member for the CMSAC. You will receive your invitation via email.
Pierre Chao will be joining us for this meeting. Pierre is a co-founder of Renaissance Strategic Advisors and Enlightenment Capital. He brings three decades of management consulting, investment banking, investment and policy expertise in the aerospace/defense industry. He will share his knowledge and lead a discussion about strategies and recommendations for preparing for 2021 and beyond during this historic economic time.
AIAA Statement on Blue Origin’s Successful NS-25 Mission
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 19, 2024 – Reston, Va – AIAA CEO Dan Dumbacher made the following statement:
“On behalf of the 30,000 professional and student members of AIAA, we congratulate AIAA Corporate Member Blue Origin on its successful NS-25 mission. We congratulate Mason, Sylvain, Ed, Ken, Carol, and Gopi on their inspirational mission. We share the excitement around the NS-25 mission that embodies the promises of space for the benefit of Earth.
We are especially thrilled to celebrate Ed Dwight’s flight. After being selected as the nation’s first Black astronaut candidate in the 1960s, Ed was not granted the opportunity to fly to space – until now. We hope Ed’s flight inspires future generations to pursue their dreams and persevere. We celebrate this spirit in the new Space4All campaign aiming to inspire, prepare, and employ a diverse space workforce. Space4All is the national space STEM awareness campaign being led by a public-private partnership including AIAA and Blue Origin, and more than 150 corporate, federal, non-profit, and community-based organizations including the National Space Council and the U.S. Department of Education.”
Media contact: Rebecca B. Gray, [email protected], 804-397-5270
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