Apollo 11 command module pilot Michael Collins, who orbited the Moon alone for about 28 hr. while crewmates Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land and walk on the surface of another planetary body, has died.
The VC-25B program took a $318 million write-off in the first quarter of 2021 because of supplier challenges related to the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to Boeing.
The Northern Ireland-based business of Spirit AeroSystems has added research, development and consultancy firm Intrepid Minds Robotics to its team developing the UK’s Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft demonstrator.
April is a stormy month in the Western world, and in aerospace and defense, it lived up to its reputation with the winds of change blowing through the C-suites of industry.
German satellite launcher firms Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) and ISAR Aerospace have signed agreements to launch from a new orbital launch site planned for Andoya, Norway.
U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have arrived in the UK ready for their embarkation on the UK’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth for its first operational cruise at the end of May.
Officials from Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, have not approached NASA about ending Russia’s long partnership in the International Space Station, NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk says.
The U.S. Defense Department and industry must evolve rapidly to meet the sustainment challenges of a new era of rising tensions between great powers, a former Pacific Fleet commander said April 28.
The core booster for the debut launch of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center on April 27, representing a milestone a decade in the making.
Heidi Shyu, a U.S. Army acquisition bureaucrat during the Obama administration and veteran Raytheon executive, is President Joe Biden’s pick for undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.
Depressed commercial aerospace returns still could not dampen earnings or sentiments at Raytheon Technologies after the company April 27 reported its mildly better-than-expected financial results for the first quarter of 2021.
Collins Aerospace said it recently transmitted data via the new Iridium Certus satellite communications service using a high-gain antenna, marking a critical milestone in its development of Certus hardware.
A common practice used by airlines to reduce fuel costs could undermine the objectives of a planned EU mandate to blend sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with fossil jet fuel starting in 2025, an environmental organization has warned.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office expects to rule by Aug. 4 on a pair of protests filed over NASA’s $2.9 billion award to SpaceX for a human lunar lander flight demonstration.
NASA and Space X have announced that the planned splashdown of four Crew-1 Dragon astronauts returning from the International Space Station will now take place on May 1 rather than April 28.
Blue Origin and Dynetics filed separate protests on April 26 with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over NASA’s $2.9 billion award to rival SpaceX for a human lunar landing system demonstration mission.
Keeping the International Space Station’s U.S. segment steadily staffed at five astronauts is continuing to significantly contribute to the research and technology demonstrations underway aboard the orbiting science laboratory, says NASA astronaut Shannon Walker.
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket lifted off from Vandenberg AFB in California on April 26 to put a classified payload into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Keeping the International Space Station’s U.S. segment steadily staffed at five astronauts is continuing to contribute significantly to the research and technology demonstrations underway aboard the orbiting science laboratory.
