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Airborne 01.26.18: Google Lunar XPrize, AmSafe Airbag Restraints, MSH 2nd Proto

Also: Mile-Hi Faces Fee Increases, Rocket Lab Successful, ISS 7000th Day, Hartzell 2-Blade Scimitar For C177B

As ANN has been for many of the most exciting XPrize efforts, we were there to document the exciting Google Lunar XPrize program a decade ago. BUT... on March 31, 2018, the window of opportunity to win the Google Lunar XPrize will close, and Google has no plans to again extend the deadline for sending a rover to the Moon. The Lunar XPrize was established 10 years ago to encourage a private, unmanned mission to the moon. In 2014, Google extended the deadline until this March. Four teams, Moon Exp

Klyde Morris 01.26.18

The Phrase 'Feeling Like The Dog Who Finally Caught The Car' Comes To Mind ...

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Airborne 01.24.18: Astro Bumped From Flt, Merlin PSA, Jet 'Segway'

Also: FAA Clears 787-10, Final G450, Airbus 2017 Heli Results, Smutny Directing US Nationals

The astronaut who was to have been the first African-American woman to work aboard the International Space Station has been removed from her mission, and NASA is not saying why. NASA said in a news release that Serena Auñón-Chancellor, who previously was assigned to Expedition 58/59, has been reassigned to the Expedition 56/57 crew, launching in June. She is taking the place of astronaut Jeanette Epps, who returns to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston to assume duties in the Astronaut Off

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (01.26.18)

"We applaud Congress and the President for the tax reform legislation passed on December 22, 2017. We celebrated the passage of tax reform with our Employees through a $1,000 per person cash bonus paid on January 8, 2018. Based on our current outlook, the reduction in the statutory federal rate will result in hundreds of millions in tax savings, which will significantly boost our earnings in 2018." Source: Gary C. Kelly, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Airlines.