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April 22, 2016

Airborne 04.22.16: MH370 Debris Report, Solar Impulse 2, Expired Trump Plane

Also: Europe’s First TBM 930, AEA Convention 2016, Hawaiian Airlines, King Schools, Rolls-Royce, Pipistrel, Ghostdrone 2.0

It’s been just over two years since Malaysian Airlines Flight MH 370 disappeared, and the Australian government has taken the lead in the search to find a definitive answer to the question of what happened to that airplane. It’s reported that on December 27, 2015 and February 27, 2016, two items of debris were independently found, approximately 137 miles apart, on the Mozambique coast. Both items were delivered to the relevant Civil Aviation Authorities in Mozambique and South Africa in early March 2016. Assistance from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau was requested by the Malaysian Government in the formal identification of the items

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NASA is soliciting proposals for the development of prototypes for deep space habitats that will give astronauts a place to call home during long-duration missions supporting the agency’s Journey to Mars.

Competition Was Held April 12-15

The Air Force Association has announced the National Champions of StellarXplorers II, the National High School Space Competition, held in Colorado Springs, CO, April 12-15, 2016. Ten National Finalist teams representing schools and other organizations from California, Colorado, Utah, Alabama, and Kaiserslautern (Germany) competed in the Space Foundation's Discovery Center on a challenging space engineering design problem.

Subcommittee Leadership Vows To Maintain U.S. Leadership In The Field

The Space Subcommittee this week held a hearing to examine the current state of the small satellite commercial launch industry, which generates hundreds of billions of dollars of economic activity and serves both the private and public sector. Several companies are currently working to supply the growing demand for commercial launches.