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Sustainable flight is at the heart of NASA’s request for $995.8 million in funding for aeronautics research in fiscal 2024.

The projects will bring together multiple universities and industry partners and provide students with an opportunity to tackle key challenges facing aviation.

The Crew-5 Dragon Endurance capsule splashed down autonomously at 9:02 p.m. EST on March 11.

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

President Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget proposal unveiled March 9 includes $27.2 billion for NASA, a $1.8 billion or 7.1% increase over current-year spending.

The Apollo program raised questions about the Solar System's origins and life on Earth that only the Artemis lunar return can answer, a space panel says.

NASA’s four-person U.S., Japanese and Russian SpaceX Crew-5 Dragon flyers are scheduled to depart the International Space Station early March 11.

NASA has selected seven university teams to develop Moon-based metal production concepts for its Lunar Forge challenge.

The Orion capsule’s heat shield experienced unexpected charring during its 5,000F re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere during the Artemis I flight test.

Boeing is interested in offering commercial Space Launch System flight services to the U.S. Space Force.

An upgraded Exploration Upper Stage is due to fly on the fourth flight of NASA’s Space Launch System.

Russia’s replacement Soyuz MS-23 at the International Space Station has been equipped with custom launch and re-entry seat liners for three crewmembers.

Research ramps up to create technology foundation for new, cleaner aircraft.

AI produces alien-like bone structures that are lighter and stronger.

The satellites are to be part of the U.S. Space Force’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.

SpaceX will try again early March 2 to launch a multinational team of astronauts to the International Space Station.

Four crewmembers aboard the ISS are praising the cooperation and teamwork necessary to execute their mission as their time on the ISS draws to a close.

The $324.5 million DART mission was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, on Nov. 24, 2021.

We must inspire creative solutions from academia and industry, growing a cadre of engineers and scientists who are aware of challenges and eager to innovate.

Nicola Fox has been named the agency’s Science Mission Directorate’s associate administrator.

Momentus on Feb. 23 announced a preliminary settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the turbulent space tug startup.

Moore, an expert on advanced air mobility, joins Aviation Week editors for no-holds-barred discussion of the challenges facing AAM startups in 2023.

Russia’s uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 crew transport capsule was on a trajectory to reach the ISS late Feb. 25 following a successful launch from Kazakhstan on Feb. 23.

The White House National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group appears to face a challenging military, civil and commercial agenda in the months ahead.

In the course of a Flight Readiness Review, NASA and SpaceX postponed launch of the Crew-6 mission by one day.