Starliner Updates Starliner Prepares to Close Hatch

The Expedition 67 crew prepares to say goodbye to Starliner and close the hatch. (Credit: Sergey Korsakov) After four days docked at the International Space Station, Starliner’s hatch will soon be closed as it’s prepared to return back to Earth. The Expedition 67 crew has been floating in and out of Starliner all morning, performing Read More

United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches the Boeing CST-100 Starliner on Orbital Flight Test-2

United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V carrying Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, lifted off on May 19 at 6:54 p.m. EDT, from Space Launch Complex-41 (SLC) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. To date ULA has launched 150 Read More

First Look at Boeing’s Starliner capsule and ULA’s N22 AtlasV!

The 2nd launch attempt for NASA Boeing ULA OFT-2 is scheduled for tomorrow May 19th 2022 at 6:54:47 PM EDT or 22:54:47 UTC for a demonstration uncrewed Starliner capsule with docking at the International Space Station. Auguest 3rd 2021 was the first Boeing OFT-2 attempt which resulted in a nine month delay to fix 13 Read More

Starliner/Atlas Proceeding Toward Launch

Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner is integrated on top of United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Various tests have been completed to ensure all systems between the rocket and spacecraft are communicating and functioning properly before roll to the pad. Teams conducted numerous checks, including a power up of the spacecraft’s Read More

ENAIRE recovered 92.3% of flights in April compared to the record levels of 2019

Domestic traffic is picking up the fastest The control centres in Palma, Seville and the Canary Islands are already surpassing their pre-COVID figuresENAIRE managed nearly 170,000 flights in the fourth month of the yearIf compared to April 2021, the number is 230.3% higherThe recovery of air traffic in Spain exceeds the European average by over Read More

ENAIRE, Spain’s Air Force, the Civil Aviation General Directorate (DGAC) and EUROCONTROL hold the first workshop in
Spain on civil-military coordination in airspace management

Civil and military representatives from EUROCONTROL, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom and Romania will share their experience on the Flexible Use of Airspace (FUA) during a two-day work session at the headquarters of the Spanish Air Force in MadridIn Spain, the DGAC, ENAIRE and the Air Force are working toward the flexible use of Read More

IADE TUNISIA 2022 aerospace and defence exhibition

Following the postponement of the IADE TUNISIA 2022 aerospace and defence exhibition at the initiative of the Tunisian Government, we are pleased to formally confirm that the exhibition will be held from 12 to 16 October 2022. The Organising Committee and its partners will therefore take advantage of the six months that separate us from Read More

Four Astronauts Return to Earth After Late-Night Splashdown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJQIMO7Lso0 After about six months aboard the International Space Station, the astronauts of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission have come home. The four crew members – NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari (seen above), and Tom Marshburn, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer – travelled back to Earth inside SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft, splashing Read More

SpaceX launches Starlink 4-17 at 5:42 AM EDT May 6th 2022 from LC-39A!

If you blinked after liftoff you missed this SpaceX Starlink launch at 5:42 AM EDT this morning 5-6-22 from the 39 press site inside Kennedy Space Center due to a low and thick cloud deck just above launch complex 39A. From nearly straight on looking to the East towards LC-39A the launch view was approximately Read More