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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.

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

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

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.