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As NASA begins X-59 envelope expansion and Boom develops its first high speed engine, civil supersonic activity is at its highest since the retirement of Concorde in 2003. Editors discuss the latest developments and the challenges that lie ahead.

The space company is scaling its lunar plans to match NASA’s new ambitions and returning to a rapid launch cadence.

More than 60 years ago, the U.S. launched its first and so far only nuclear fission reactor into space. NASA aims to change that in 2.5 years.

Artemis II crewmembers took manual control of their spacecraft for a series of planned proximity maneuvers in Earth orbit late April 1 before their journey around the Moon.

CAPE CANAVERAL—After decades of development and false starts, NASA on April 1 launched the first crew in more than 50 years on a mission to leave Earth orbit and travel to the vicinity of the Moon.

With no technical issues and a favorable weather outlook, NASA on April 1 fueled the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for liftoff between 6:24-8:24 p.m. EDT on the Artemis II flight test.

Intuitive Machines is working to repurpose the solar electric power and propulsion element (PPE) spacecraft bus of NASA’s paused lunar-orbiting Gateway space station for the agency’s Mars mission.

Countdown clocks at the Kennedy Space Center began ticking down toward launch of NASA’s Artemis II flight test.

Plans to offer contracts for a commercial space station are on hold again as NASA pitches a government-owned module.

The cockpit warning light that cut short the second flight of NASA’s X-59 low-boom supersonic flight demonstrator on March 20 proved to be a false positive.

The two-day countdown for NASA’s Artemis II flight test, which is expected to become the first human spaceflight beyond Earth orbit in more than 53 years, is on track to begin March 30.

The four-member Artemis II flight crew returned to Kennedy Space Center March 27 for a second attempt to launch.

NASA aeronautics, hit by cuts and losses, is being revitalized under Administrator Jared Isaacman with a focus on experimental X-planes.

The agency wants commercial companies to take on a larger role in its Artemis lunar exploration initiative.

Advances in science are to play a significant role in the revision of the Artemis program’s strategy.

NASA aims to leverage the diplomacy that emerged with the global partnerships it fostered to develop and maintain the ISS for more than a quarter century.

An industry advocacy organization told Congress its members were “concerned and confused” by the latest pivot in NASA’s post-ISS plans.

NASA’s repositioning of the Artemis program and efforts to build a Moon base should be a boon to the rocket industry.

NASA has selected Houston-based Intuitive Machines for a fifth mission to fly payloads to the surface of the Moon.

NASA is proposing an alternative approach for a station in low Earth orbit to follow the International Space Station.

NASA has unveiled sweeping changes to its Artemis exploration initiative.

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.