Space
Scaled Composites/ Vulcan Aerospace predict 2016 debut for LEO launch aircraft
A year ago this month, at the inaugural Composites & Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX) event in Orlando, FL, US), Scaled Composites’ (Mojave, CA, US) affable president Kevin Mickey spoke on a range of fascinating subjects, one of which was the massive Stratolaunch aircraft project his company is involved in, funded by billionaire Paul Allen in collaboration with Scaled Composites’ founder Burt Rutan.
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Airbus experimental glider completes first flight
The composites-intensive Perlan 2 glider will, in 2016, attempt to set a new world altitude record for any airplane.
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Blue Origin to manufacture its orbital launch vehicle at Space Coast
Blue Origin’s American-made BE-4 engine – the power behind its orbital launch vehicle – will be acceptance tested at the facility.
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NASA’s first flight of Orion with crew may not launch until 2023
It was originally scheduled for 2021, however, after a rigorous technical and programmatic review, the agency announced a new commitment to be ready for a launch with astronauts no later than April 2023.
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AVANCO: Driving the industrialization of CFRP structures
The AVANCO Group is producing high-quality CFRP parts into a wide array of applications from six production facilities in Germany and the US.
Read MoreAIAA Space and Aeronautics Forum: Mars on their mind
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Space and Astronautics Forum was held in late August and featured robust discussion about missions to low-Earth orbit and to Mars.
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Outer space: The “final frontier” is exciting again!
CW contributor Dale Brosius, a composites industry consultant and the chief commercialization officer for the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), points to evidence that the composites industry will, once again, be the beneficiary of renewed drive for space exploration.
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NASA to build biggest composite rocket parts ever made
The robotic system is part of the Composites Technology Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.
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NTSB: SpaceShipTwo design did not anticipate human factors
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says Scaled Composites failed to consider and protect against human error, which led to the October 2014 crash of the spacecraft.
Read MoreIBEX 2015 to feature new and emerging technologies
The annual boatbuilders' event, Sept. 15-17 in Louisville, KY, US, will feature a 3D Digital Workshop, Future Materials and more.
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