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The Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission continues to support work on strategies for diverting the course of large asteroids that could impact Earth, newly published research says.

Aviation Week takes the wraps off NASA’s Lockheed Martin-built X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft as preparations begin for envelope expansion tests.

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

Readers write about the FARA cancellation, crewed space exploration, the late Robert Liebeck and the world’s largest eVTOL air taxi.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) inaugural resupply capsule began a planned departure from the International Space Station on March 5.

The new mission is intended to buy down risk for a Moon landing in 2028.

The U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Technology Committee has unanimously approved NASA reauthorization legislation for 2026.

It’s been a busy year so far for NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who is wrapping up his 11th week on the job.

The AIAA is seeking to host the 2029 80th International Astronautical Congress in Houston.

Fifty-seven years after the first flight of the Anglo-French Concorde, is aviation really closer to returning to a new age of commercial supersonic travel?

NASA has launched two initiatives seeking to harness technology to improve MRO and prepare the sector for next-generation aviation.

NASA safety panel flags risks in Artemis missions and ISS transition as the workforce shrinks to 1960s levels.

SpaceX’s 33rd NASA-contracted Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station executed a successful splashdown early Feb. 27.

NASA is rebooting its Artemis lunar exploration initiative, adding a new docking mission and scrapping plans for heavier-lift Space Launch System rockets.

A pair of deputy managers have taken the reins of NASA’s portfolio of low-Earth-orbit programs

NASA is expected to soon disclose the next steps in its evolving strategy to develop commercial low Earth orbit successors to the International Space Station.

Ken Bowersox, head of NASA’s space operations division, announced Feb. 25 that he was retiring from the agency.

The Starliner flight team’s response averted potential disaster, but the Crew Flight Test was reclassified as a major mishap, NASA Administrator Isaacman says.

NASA rolls Artemis II moon rocket back to hangar after upper stage helium system malfunction during prelaunch testing.

Fincke reveals medical event cut Crew-11 mission short; praises crew and NASA for swift response during ISS emergency.

NASA rescheduled the rollback of the Artemis II SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft to Feb. 25, a one-day delay due to weather issues, the agency said.

NASA is aiming to return the Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to its assembly hangar on Feb. 24, pending weather and rollback preparations.

An issue with the helium pressurization system on the Space Launch System's upper stage will cause NASA to miss Its March window for launching the Artemis II mission.

NASA is proceeding with plans for liftoff of the Artemis II crewed flight test on March 6.

NASA completed a full-duration dress rehearsal for its upcoming Artemis II flight test, which is expected to send four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon.