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February 08, 2019

Airborne 02.08.19: Diamond A/C 'Help Wanted', Boeing-Aerion, Super Bowl Drones

Also: SpaceX Ship 'Mr. Steven', Boeing 747 In Hotel Garden, American Airlines HGR, CFM Orders

After one year under the new management of the Diamond Aircraft Group, the company is on its way to achieving its goal to be the leading company in GA, in its class, worldwide. After staff increases in 2018, the company now is looking to employ even more people in 2019 as production is doubling. Boeing has announced a partnership with Aerion, making an investment in the company to accelerate technology development and aircraft design, and unlock supersonic air travel for new markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Boeing will provide engineering, manufacturing and flight test resources, as well as strategic vertical content, to bring Aerion's AS2 supersonic business jet to market

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ASTM International Commercial Spaceflight Committee Approves First Standard

Covers Fundamental Safeguards For Storing, Using, And Handling Liquid Rocket Propellants

ASTM International’s commercial spaceflight committee (F47), launched in 2016, has approved its first technical standard. The new guide (F3344) covers fundamental safeguards for storing, using, and handling liquid rocket propellants. The document was developed by the subcommittee on spaceports.

Researcher Challenges Theory That The Moon Was Once A Part Of The Earth

New NASA research combining experimental studies with analyses of samples collected nearly 50 years ago during Apollo provides compelling evidence that the Moon formed from the same materials as Earth in the aftermath of a giant impact between the young Earth and a Mars-sized impactor.

Chao: 'We Are Entering A New And Exciting Frontier In Our Nation’s Space Activities'

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao pinned FAA Astronaut Wings on Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crewmembers, Test Pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and Fredrick “CJ” Sturckow, during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Thursday. Last year’s historic spaceflight marked the nation’s return to space on an American-made rocket, and paves the way for future travel to space with commercial spaceflight participants.

Unmanned Crew Dragon Test Pushed To March 2

NASA and its Commercial Crew Program providers Boeing and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch dates for the upcoming inaugural test flights of their next generation American spacecraft and rockets that will launch astronauts to the International Space Station.