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PLUS: Starship, super heavy complete flight test with controlled splashdowns.

Thursday 20 June 2024

Your essential monthly guide to the Space Ecosystem. Special insights into space technologies and trends by the Aviation Week Network Editorial Team.

Starship, Super Heavy Complete Flight Test With Controlled Splashdowns

Irene Klotz

The successful demonstration positions SpaceX for a quick turnaround for Integrated Flight Test 5. Read more.

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Opinion: Buzz Aldrin Pays Tribute To Apollo 8 Astronaut Bill Anders

Buzz Aldrin

Anders’ photograph of “Earthrise” and his words remind us even now how small the planet is and how beautiful it is in depthless space.

NASA Astronauts Kick Off Boeing Starliner Flight Test

Irene Klotz, Mark Carreau

It will take some luck for Boeing to be ready to fly its first ISS crew rotation mission as early as February.

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Virgin Galactic Unity Spaceship Completes Final Commercial Flight

Irene Klotz

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity flew into suborbital space and back on June 8, bringing an end to the company’s commercial flight services until its Delta-class spacecraft debuts.

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Podcast: The F-35 Has A Case Of Long COVID

Robert Wall, Steve Trimble, Tony Osborne

Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the GAO's latest report on the F-35 and explain what's hampering the now $2 trillion program. Listen Now

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20 YEARS AGO

20 Years Ago In Aviation Week

SpaceX was a 50-employee upstart when it was first featured on Aviation Week’s cover on March 29, 2004. “David and Goliath: Can Tiny SpaceX Rock Boeing?” the magazine asked. SpaceX founder Elon Musk did not interpret that positively. “It’s kind of a comical picture, to be frank, because I think the implied answer is ‘no,’” he recalled in a later interview. See the cover photo from our March 29, 2004 issue.