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[ July 20, 2021 ] Watch Russia Test Its Spine-Chilling ‘Mach 7’ Missile Russia
[ October 24, 2021 ] NASA Fully Stacked for Moon Mission, Readies for Artemis I NASA Artemis
[ October 23, 2021 ] Space Adventures no Longer Planning Crew Dragon Flight Space Adventures
[ October 22, 2021 ] Lunar Lander Update: Senate Directs NASA to Choose Another Company to Build a Lunar Lander Blue Origin Lunar Lander Legal Battle
[ October 20, 2021 ] US Air Force evaluates possible purchase of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails to Replace E-3B Sentry Boeing E-7A Wedgetail
[ October 20, 2021 ] NASA moves Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building NASA Orion/Artemis

USN/Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block III Launches Into the Skies of St. Louis

September 14, 2021Aggregate Source0

The most advanced Super Hornet in history has completed its first flight, Boeing News Now said Sept. 10. Boeing test pilots Ty “Grouch” Frautschi and Sam “Splat” Platt last week lifted off from Boeing’s St. […]

Navy Captain Makes History as First Woman to Command an Aircraft Carrier

August 27, 2021Aggregate Source0

Capt. Amy Bauernschmidt, USN, became the first woman to take command of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Aug. 19 at a change-of-command ceremony for USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) in San Diego. Bauernschmidt, who was tapped for […]

NASA Fully Stacked for Moon Mission, Readies for Artemis I

October 24, 20210

October 22, 2021, Kathryn Hambleton, NASA: NASA’s Orion spacecraft is secured atop the agency’s powerful Space Launch System rocket, and the integrated system is entering the final phase of preparations for an upcoming uncrewed flight […]

Space Adventures no Longer Planning Crew Dragon Flight

October 23, 20210

Space Adventures had planned a Crew Dragon mission that would fly higher than the ISS and without professional astronauts on board, a concept similar to the Inspiration4 mission in September. Space Adventures: No SpaceX Mission: […]

Lunar Lander Update: Senate Directs NASA to Choose Another Company to Build a Lunar Lander

October 22, 20210

It comes as no surprise to this writer that the squeaking wheel got the grease, yet again, from a special interest-riddled government whose promise is only as good as the dollars that are thrown at […]

US Air Force evaluates possible purchase of Boeing E-7A Wedgetails to Replace E-3B Sentry

October 20, 20210

Boeing E-7A Wedgetail: The Boeing 737 AEW&C is a twin-engine airborne early warning and control aircraft based on the Boeing 737 Next Generation design. It is lighter than the 707-based Boeing E-3 Sentry and has […]

NASA moves Orion spacecraft to the Vehicle Assembly Building

October 20, 20210

Space Flight Now: Teams at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center moved the Orion spacecraft for the Artemis 1 moon mission into the Vehicle Assembly Building Tuesday for stacking on top of the Space Launch System. The […]