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Truncated flight for X-59; UK Royal Mail flies electric; contrail avoidance success; and high-voltage electric demo.

Proponents of AAM envision a world in which large numbers of eVTOL air taxis and commercial drones operate in shared low-altitude urban airspace.

NASA is hoping for a speedy return to flight after the second sortie by its already-delayed X-59 Quesst low-boom supersonic demonstrator was cut short.

The fully stacked Artemis II Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule were back on the launchpad March 20.

NASA finished a 23-day servicing of the SLS rocket in the Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building and returned the rocket to Launch Complex 39B March 20.

NASA aeronautics enterprise awaits the 2027 presidential budget request with hopes for more stability and a renewed focus on flight research.

Readers write about human space exploration, the Boeing 777-9 Thrust Link Fix Team, AW&ST missile defense coverage, CO2 and airports, and the Check 6 video podcast.

Gulf airlines continue to face heavy disruption, while U.S. carriers deal with a fuel cost surge and must compete against largely hedged European airlines.

European Space Agency Director General Josef Aschbacher is poised to meet with NASA next week to discuss Artemis plans.

After a roll back to its hangar for a repair and servicing, the Space Launch System rocket was being prepared for another launch try.

NASA conducted a spacewalk March 18 to prepare for the installation of a final pair of solar-power-augmenting Roll-Out Solar Arrays (iROSAs).

Russia's Progress MS-31 resupply capsule departed the International Space Station March 16 filled with trash for a destructive reentry into Earth's atmosphere.

ILC Dover reports embarking on the development of a new generation of modular life support systems for human space flight.

In Europe, the U.S. and Canada, development of megawatt-class hybrid propulsion enters a critical phase.

A Senate panel on March 12 voted in favor of President Trump’s nomination of Matthew Anderson to serve as NASA’s deputy administrator.

NASA is now targeting liftoff of the Artemis II mission as early as April 1.

Northrop Grumman's CRS-23 was unberthed from the Earth-facing port of the International Space Station's U.S. segment Unity module early March 12.

Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket for the first time in nearly one year on March 11.

SpaceX and Blue Origin face significant technical challenges in the development, test and operation of their Human Landing Systems, an audit says.

Voyager Technologies has lifted its full-year sales outlook largely on the strength of its defense business.

NASA plans to switch contractors to supply the upper stage for its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket.

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.

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

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

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