Space
United Launch Alliance progresses manufacture of Vulcan Centaur
Updates on the progress of the new launch vehicle, scheduled for launch in 2021, were announced at the 35th Space Symposium.
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Mars Helicopter completes flight tests
NASA plans to send the Mars Helicopter as a technology demonstrator along with the Mars 2020 rover which is planned for launch in July 2020.
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Reaping the benefits: Composites use grows in agricultural equipment
Multiple trends support composites advances in this huge but fragmented market.
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SpaceX crew capsule returns to Earth after successful flight test
The SpaceX Crew Dragon successfully parachuted to Earth on March 8, 2019, marking the end of Demo-1, NASA’s first commercial crew flight test.
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JEC World 2019 preview: Web Industries
Web Industries Inc.’s Aerospace division (Marlborough, Mass., U.S., 5/L6) is featuring its capabilities in the formatting of flexible thermoplastic composite materials for next-generation aerospace applications.
Read MoreJEC World 2019 preview: Hexcel
Hexcel (Stamford, Conn., U.S.) is featuring range of composite innovations for customer applications in aerospace, automotive, energy and marine markets.
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SpaceX crew capsule launches to space station
The Demo-1 flight test successfully launched SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft aboard its Falcon 9 rocket, marking a first step toward the next NASA crewed space mission.
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Airbus to expand aerospace activities at Ottobrunn/Taufkirchen site
The expansion includes an Industry 4.0 factory to automate and digitalize the production of solar arrays for satellites, as well as expanded clean rooms for optical satellite instruments.
Read MoreCan the aerospace industry regain its ability to "try"?
TPI Composites’ Steve Nolet reflects on the strides that composites in the aerospace industry have made in the past fifty years, while also wondering if the industry could regain the space race era desire to test limits.
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Airborne develops composite structures for European small launcher program
Airborne has completed its contribution to the European Commission Horizon 2020 project called SMall Innovative Launcher for Europe (SMILE).
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