First Wheelchair User in Space: Benthaus’ Historic Blue Origin Flight
The milestone in human space travel occurred on December 20, 2025, as Michaela “Michi” Benthaus, a 33-year-old German aerospace engineer…
Aerospace & Spaceflight
FAA’s $6B AI-Fiber Optic Overhaul Faces Staffing and Political Turbulence
How can the world’s busiest airspace in 2025 rely on floppy disks and copper wiring? That stark reality is driving…
First Wheelchair User to Fly to Space Aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard
In West Texas, a launch tower stands ready for a mission unlike any other: the NS-37 flight of Blue Origin…
SpaceX Marks 50th Falcon 9 Launch as Starlink Network Surges
Ten years ago, using rockets again and again was actually like magic; now SpaceX has definitely completed 50 Falcon 9…
Air Force Buys Lufthansa 747-8s Amid Air Force One Delays
“Any gift given by a foreign government is always accepted in full compliance with all applicable laws,” White House press…
Rocket Lab Accelerates U.S. Space Force STP-S30 Electron Launch
How often does a private space company push the launch date up in a military program? Also noteworthy in relation…
AI-Driven Inspection and Digital Thread Transform Aerospace Quality Engineering
How might aerospace quality engineers progress from defect detection to making defects obsolete entirely? The key to doing so lies…
Ariane 6, Falcon 9, Atlas V, Electron Lead Record-Breaking Launch Week
Over the course of one week, an unprecedented demonstration of worldwide spaceflight capability will unfold with no less than 13…
Starship and China’s 2026 Lunar Rocket Signal New Era in Heavy-Lift Race
The Starship is indeed rewriting the scaling of rockets, being about 52 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty, and…