Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Company Hopes For First Orbital Launch In Early 2019
Virgin Orbit’s Cosmic Girl has taken to the skies with a rocket tucked under its wing for the first time. The specially modified 747-400 carrying a 70-foot-long rocket under its wing soared through the air as part of a successful test flight for Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne.
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Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Jezero Crater Selected From More Than 60 Candidate Locations
NASA has chosen Jezero Crater as the landing site for its upcoming Mars 2020 rover mission after a five year search, during which every available detail of more than 60 candidate locations on the Red Planet was scrutinized and debated by the mission team and the planetary science community.
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Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Carrying 7,400 Pounds Of Cargo And Supplies For The Orbiting Outpost
The “S.S. John Young” Cygnus spacecraft has successfully completed its rendezvous and berthing maneuvers with the International Space Station (ISS). The mission marks the company’s 10th successful berthing with the orbiting laboratory.
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Wed, Nov 21, 2018
Events Will Focus On The Future Of Air And Space Travel And Include The Screening Of 'Above And Beyond: NASA's Journey To Tomorrow'
This Thanksgiving, the Principality of Monaco will host NASA legends from the US space shuttle program at a forum to mark the agency's 60th anniversary, featuring a special screening of the Discovery documentary "Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow" from Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Rory Kennedy.
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Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Details Four Goals For Human Spaceflight In LEO
NASA and the Departments of State and Commerce have submitted a report to the National Space Council outlining future opportunities and challenges for human spaceflight in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and its potential economic contributions to the broader field of exploration.
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Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Will Turn Attention To More Rapid Development Of The 'BFR'
SpaceX has apparently re-thought its plans to make the second stage of the Falcon 9 reusable in favor of accelerating development of its Big Falcon Rocket ... known in the company as the BFR.
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Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Also: Hover 2, TX Man Charged After Drone Shooting, ZF First In Germany, AviSight, Inc.
Aurora continues its nearly 30-year legacy of advancing autonomous systems with Odysseus, a solar-powered autonomous aircraft. Odysseus is an ultra-long endurance, high-altitude platform utilizing advanced solar cells and built with lightweight materials. Odysseus can effectively fly indefinitely – all powered by clean, renewable energy. The inspiration for Odysseus started with the Daedalus Project that ultimately set records in distance and for human-powered flight in 1988 with a 72-mile flight between the Greek islands of Crete and Santorini. The project was organized and led by Aurora President and CEO John Langford and other MIT colleagues who later founded Aurora. Daedalus' records still stand today. The recent delivery of a QF-16 from Boeing to the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron marks an important milestone on the road to recovery for Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. &ldqu
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Tue, Nov 20, 2018
Cygnus Spacecraft Will Remain At The Station For About Two Months
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully launched an Antares rocket carrying the “S.S. John Young” Cygnus spacecraft Saturday from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Pad 0A on Wallops Island, Virginia, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility. The launch marks Northrop Grumman’s 10th cargo mission carrying vital supplies to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station for NASA.
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Mon, Nov 19, 2018
Also: First Lion Air Lawsuit, T-38 Accident, New AW169Ms, Aero-TV: Bombardier at NBAA 2018
A number of significant changes to the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh arrival procedures are being recommended by EAA to the FAA to create better staging and safety margins for incoming aircraft to Oshkosh. “The weather situation on the weekend prior to AirVenture’s opening day last year revealed several areas where air traffic procedures could be improved,” said Sean Elliott, EAA’s VP of advocacy and safety. “We included pilot feedback in the working group review we created this fall, with the group’s recommendations going to the FAA this month as the agency has final determination on air traffic procedures for AirVenture.” The review working group included those with expertise in GA safety, homebuilt aircraft safety, air traffic control, and mass arrival processes. FAA rebates are quickly being claimed by general aviation own
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Mon, Nov 19, 2018
First Moon Mission Will Be Announced Sometime Next Year
Lunar Outpost announced their Lunar Prospector designed to map the Moon's natural resources. The first Prospector was demonstrated driving and drilling in Lunar regolith simulant at the Colorado School of Mines' new lunar testbed facility in the Earth Mechanics Institute overseen by the Center for Space Resources. This event marks the first commercial Lunar Prospector publicly tested in the United States.
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