Aviation Week & Space Technology

Here is a look at the ingenuity and elegance in designing the systems and subsystems that enabled the U.S. to reach the Moon.

Upcoming aviation and aerospace industry events and Aviation Week Network events.

Here is a look at the more than 105 robotic spacecraft that have been launched to explore the Moon as well as future planned missions.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Air Force scraps for missile-warning satellite funding; Fire Scout begins operations; Philippines to get Black Hawks in 2020; Germans use A400M for refueling.

Mitsubishi is revamping its smallest regional jet. Design changes focus on weight reduction, capacity increase.

Over the past 100 years, GE Aviation has grown into a global leader in aerospace propulsion.

Post-Apollo ‘technical consolidation’ is still underway, but Mars looms as the next goal, says Apollo 11 pilot Michael Collins.

Global space industry never stronger, but deep-space human travel still out of reach.

A look at the rockets that have taken people above the atmosphere and the space stations that have housed them in orbit.

Engineers inspired by Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk are devising ways to help humans survive in the future.

Industry welcomes Europe’s special condition for certification of eVTOL aircraft, but more steps lie ahead.

Electric-powered air taxis and a cargo delivery technique invented by a missionary could change the personnel recovery mission in combat zones.

NASA issues price list and guidelines for station services in hopes of luring new businesses.

Some airlines may try to use the Boeing 737 MAX grounding to cancel orders because circumstances changed unrelated to the aircraft itself.

Astronaut Michael Collins speaks with Aviation Week Space Editor Irene Klotz about the meaning of his time on the Moon, his thoughts on the current space program, what he would like to see transpire 50 years from now and more.

Ryanair is transitioning to an ‘IAG-style’ group structure. Will that help the LCC expand while keeping a lid on costs?

NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine discusses how the U.S. can reach the Moon and Mars and the need for a more international mindset when it comes to environmental concerns.

Leaders such as President John F. Kennedy inspire by pointing out that humans push for exploration not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”

Since the mid-2000s, the Kremlin has rekindled the Soviet-era idea of putting humans on the lunar surface—a goal that is still beyond reach.

For those watching NASA and private industry wrestle with plans to revisit the Moon, the questions remain: Can we do it again, and why haven’t we?

A fourth phase has been added to the China Lunar Exploration Program, to survey polar sites for a 2030s research station.

The U.S. needs to unite around space exploration to achieve a goal worthy of being compared to the Apollo mission.

Many experts now believe Boeing may not raise its monthly 737 production rate to 52 new aircraft until next summer and it might put off Rate 57 until late 2020.

Contrails and climate; Zunum’s funding issues; Gyroplane production deal ; Fan-in-wing eVTOL; Hybrid forging and printing.