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Earlier this year, NASA announced a rescheduling of the Artemis II and Artemis III missions.

The work will culminate with flights of a De Havilland Dash 7 regional airliner modified with a hybrid-electric propulsion system in 2026.

SpaceX's resupply mission to the ISS, CRS-30, returned early April 30 with a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.

The specially configured X-59 has been designed to collect community response data on the public acceptability of reduced sonic booms.

John Bailey, a 25-year veteran of NASA Stennis Space Center operations, has been named director of the Bay St. Louis, Mississippi-based rocket engine test facility.

The Dragon resupply mission undocking on April 28 from the ISS Harmony module's zenith docking port should enable a relocation of the Crew 8 Dragon capsule.

The 10-min. laser transmission while the Psyche spacecraft was 140 million mi. (226 million km) from Earth, occurred on April 8.

NASA and Boeing on April 25 completed the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the long-awaited CST-100 Starliner crewed flight test (CFT).

A reusable hypersonic Next-Generation Responsive Strike prototype could be commissioned by the end of the decade.

Each linkage features special adhesive similar to the feet of a gecko that allows the arms to grip objects.

The NASA Voyager 1’s mission engineers report continued progress toward restoring the transmission of scientific data to Earth from a distant human-made object.

The approx. $120 million NASA Earth science campaign aims to bring airborne scientific insight to environmental concerns and is set to unfold over 2026 to 2029.

Axiom and Collins are working on new spacesuits for the agency’s lunar and LEO programs.

The second of two Blue Origin BE-4 engines has arrived at United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Decatur, Alabama, factory for installation on a Vulcan rocket.

Ingenuity received a software update that will prompt it to activate daily, awaken flight computers, test its solar panel, batteries and electronics, and more.

What began as an operational ballistic missile evolved into one of the most successful and storied space launch vehicles.

The agency seeks cheaper options for retrieving samples collected by the Perseverance rover.

The plan is part of a 51-page MSR Independent Response Team (MIRT) report released by NASA on April 15.

In all, the spacecraft delivered 121.6 grams of material from Bennu.

New agreements between the U.S. and Japan are set to expand cooperation in the future human exploration of the Moon.

The company is studying hybrid-electric helicopters, continuing its electric certification drive and pushing Dash 7 conversion for NASA’s flight demonstrator.

JAXA tells Aerospace DAILY that despite the two-year delay, it is only considering some minor efforts to add “more sophistication” to some of the MMX experiments.

The U.S. military was ULA's primary customer for the booster, purchasing 12 of its 16 flights.

The effort is based on the prospect that lunar resources can be mined and processed into construction materials at a lower cost than launching them from Earth.

Novel hydrogen storage; Solar Skydweller flies uncrewed; Avic’s large cargo UAV; and UK integrated electric ducted fan.