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November 20, 2018

Airborne-Unmanned 11.20.18: Solar-Powered Odysseus, QF-16 Delivered, FT Aviator Controller

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'

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SpaceX Drops Plans For Reusable Falcon 9 Second Stage

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.

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.

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.