NASA

By Guy Norris
NASA and Lockheed Martin are preparing the X-59 supersonic low-boom demonstrator for engine runs and electromagnetic interference tests.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The $280 billion largesse of the CHIPS and Science Act has started filtering down to the industrial centers supplying parts to Pentagon programs.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Mark Carreau
The FAA has agreed to a pair of recommendations from a GAO audit concerning current procedures for investigating commercial space mishaps.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aerospace

By Graham Warwick
Elroy Air’s Chaparral, Electra’s Goldfinch and Daher’s EcoPulse take the next step in electric aircraft propulsion.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Following an assessment of a sequence of gyroscope issues last month, NASA plans to resume Hubble Space Telescope science operations on Dec. 8.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has amended plans to acquire a U.S. Deorbit Vehicle capable of executing a controlled deorbit of the International Space Station.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The 55th anniversary of NASA’s Apollo 8 Christmas mission, the first by humans to fly around the Moon and send back imagery of the Earth, is just days away.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Intuitive Machines’ initial Nova-C lunar lander has arrived at Cape Canaveral for a launch under a NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services agreement.
Space

By Mark Carreau
Plans for an automated docking were changed because the cargo capsule was slightly out of alignment as it approached the ISS.
Space

By Mark Carreau
The Russian space agency’s Progress MS-25 resupply capsule began a two-day, 34-orbit trajectory to the International Space Station early Dec. 1.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA is unlikely to return astronauts to the Moon’s surface by December 2025 with its Artemis III mission, a GAO audit says.
Space

By Joe Anselmo, Irene Klotz
Former NASA chief Dan Goldin oversaw creation of the station. What does he think of it now? Listen in to find out.
Check 6

By Mark Carreau
"Mary was a force of nature with a passion for science, exploration and caring for our home planet," says Bob Cabana, NASA's associate administrator.
Space

By Mark Carreau
An unstable gyro has prompted observations to be suspended from the 33-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, with NASA saying it is working to restore function.
Space

Erich Fischer, Blaine Pellicore and Matthieu Vigneron
The U.S. will need to make more spacecraft more quickly and less expensively.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
NASA soon intends to lift the curtain on a whole new strategy of turning to America’s private sector for the launch of a lunar lander.
Commercial Space

By Bill Carey
Helped by international players, the UAE has become a regional leader in space.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA's Kennedy Space Center is still looking to become a world-leading multiuser spaceport.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Chinese commercial aircraft manufacturer Comac has displayed a model of a 19-seat all-electric regional aircraft, the CE-25A.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
The power-on milestone for the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL prototype is “imminent,” Airbus announced on Nov. 26.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Steve Jurczyk, a retired 32-year NASA veteran who served in a variety of administrative positions including acting administrator, has passed away.
Space

Readers write about South Korea’s KF-21, NASA'S Psyche, China's Y-20, a quadriplegic pilot, JetBlue-Spirit merger and more. Plus: Behind the Scenes at Dubai.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Mark Carreau
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk has been named the third crew member for the first operational mission of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner to the ISS.
Space

By Mark Carreau
NASA has announced research grants and cooperative agreements focused on studies into how plant and animal biological systems will respond to lunar regolith.
Space