NASA Announces Artemis II Astronaut Crew for Moon Mission: NASA has announced the four astronauts who will fly on its Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to orbit the Moon since the Apollo program. The mission, potentially scheduled for 2024, is intended to test NASA’s deep space exploration capabilities and pave the way for future lunar landings.
Boeing announced that its first crewed flight test of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft with NASA astronauts on board will be postponed until at least July 2023.
Two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters collide over Fort Campbell, killing nine | Two US Army HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were involved in a fatal mid-air collision and crash during a night training mission over Fort Campbell in Trigg County, Kentucky, on March 29, 2023, killing all nine servicemen on board.
Watch: SpaceX Expands Starlink Constellation With 21st Launch of 2023. SpaceX launched 56 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, March 29, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch marked the company’s 21st mission of the year and the 17th from Florida’s Space Coast.
The US Air Force’s (USAF) AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) program suffered a setback on March 13, 2023, when the second test launch of a fully operational prototype failed to transmit in-flight performance data.
Reduced-crew operations (RCO) involves flying airliners with less than two pilots on the flight deck. While some proponents argue that RCO could reduce costs, increase efficiency, and address pilot shortages, others contend that RCO would compromise safety, reliability, and public trust.
United Airlines (UAL) and Archer Aviation (Archer) plan to launch Chicago’s first electric air taxi service in 2025, connecting O’Hare International Airport with Vertiport Chicago, a facility located near the city’s downtown area. The service will use Archer’s Midnight aircraft, which are electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles that can carry four passengers and one pilot. The flight time between the airport and the city center will be about 10 minutes, compared to more than an hour by car during peak traffic, according to Archer.
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