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March 02, 2017

Airborne 03.02.17: Apollo 11 CM Tour, Santa Monica NIMBYs, B-29 'Doc' Update

Also: Air Ambulance Bill, HAI and AEA, Goglia v FAA, Air Wisconsin, Col. Fred Cherry, Miracle Flights, Supersonic Jet

The Apollo 11 command module Columbia—the only portion of the historic spacecraft to complete the first mission to land a man on the moon and safely return him to Earth—will leave the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum for the first time in 46 years for the traveling exhibition “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission.” The exhibition’s two-year national tour will celebrate the approaching 50th anniversary of the mission and explore the birth and development of the American space program and the space race. Even with a legal challenge pending led by the NBAA, the Santa Monica City Council night

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Airborne-Unmanned w/AUVSI 03.02.17: Record Setting BLOS Flt, Matrice 200/210, FAA UAS Symposium

Also: BMW/Mobileye and HERE, QF-16 Takes Flight, AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017 To Unveil ‘Innovation Preview’

A Drone America Savant UAS flew more than 39 miles, and was piloted by a team from Drone America. The UAS flew BLOS for one hour. The vehicle reached an altitude of 1500’ AGL, delivering a package of emergency supplies, to Nevada’s Hawthorne Industrial Airport. Drone America’s CEO/Founder Mike Richards, noted, “Remote critical package delivery can include such items as medical equipment (AED) and supplies such as vaccines, EpiPens, anti-venom, even a Search and Rescue survival package. These achievements bring us closer to becoming a self-sustaining, Nevada-based, and American-made corporation that gives back.” After several days o

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Equipment For NASA Spacecraft Servicing Demo Reaches ISS

Will Test Systems That Will Help Enable Spacecraft Servicing And Rendezvous Missions

A two-axis gimbal mechanism for NASA's Raven flight demonstration manufactured by Space Systems Loral (SSL) has been delivered to the International Space Station on the 10th SpaceX Cargo Resupply Mission. Developed by NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division, Raven will help the agency test key elements of a real-time spacecraft relative navigation system that will help to enable spacecraft servicing and rendezvous missions.

Will Meet With Elected officials About The Importance Of The State To The Deep Space Efforts

Officials from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will travel to Montgomery, Alabama, March 2 to spread the word about the importance of the state's role in NASA's Journey to Mars and to inspire the next generations of engineers, scientists and explorers during the Aerospace States Association's Alabama Aerospace Week.