March 23, 2001 - The remains of the Russian space station Mir re-enters the Earth's atmosphere on its final flight and splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. Air Force Station at 11:50 p.m. EST.

While the satellites are successfully launched, a controlled landing test of the reusable booster ends less successfully. In a press release, NASA ANGSA program scientist Sarah Noble says, “We are able to make measurements today that were just not possible during the years of the Apollo program.”. As these and other firsts enter history, they will join a half century of international space milestones. March 22, 1948 - The United States first jet trainer, the T-33 (first known as the TP-80) made its first flight with pilot Tony LeVier. Foundation of Boeing William Boeing builds the first boeing aircraft and founds the company in the process Jul 19, 1917.

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from the 160 accidents and 534 deaths in 2018. deliver supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station. August 31, 2015 – NASA Announces Second Target for New Horizons Spacecraft – NASA announces New Horizons’ next target: a small, icy body known as 2014 MU69. gets back in the driver’s seat with the help of aerospace engineers and scientists. January 23, 2020 – XQ-58A Valkyrie UAV Conducts Fourth Successful Test – The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) conducts its fourth successful test of its XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost UAV.

September 24, 1929 - James H. Doolittle becomes the first to fly entirely by use of instruments and radio aids from takeoff to landing without reference to the ground. longer than its primary investigative mission.

October 16, 2014 – After 674 Days In Space, X–37B Space Plane Lands – The U.S. Air Force’s X–37B “top secret” space plane lands safely at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Friday, October 16, 2014, after spending March 2, 1969 - The first flight of the Concorde.

August 2, 2018 – NASA’s Kepler Telescope Wakes Up, Phones Home – NASA’s Kepler space telescope wakes up from a four-week hibernation and has begins beaming data home, as planned. The final flight of the fighter’s System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase is made from Naval Air Station Patuxent

January 2, 2019 – New Horizons Transmits Images Of Ultima Thule – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft – 4 billion miles from Earth – yields its first close-up pictures of the most distant celestial object ever explored: March 8, 1910 - Madame La Baronne de Laroche becomes the first woman pilot to be licensed by the Aero Club of France. September 3, 1971 - The Concorde makes its first transatlantic crossing. However, simulations have shown that the trip is possible, given the right weather conditions. more than 200 days on board the International Space Station.

produced by men like Robert Hooke and Sir Christopher Wrenn. December 21, 2015 – FAA Drone Registry Goes Live –, December 14, 2015 – FAA Announces Drone Registration Rules – Tom Costello reports on. from the previous year to 2.8 accidents per 1 million departures.

May 25, 1927 - Lt. James H. Doolittle does an "outside loop" in an airplane, the first time this feat has ever been accomplished. The mercury-ion atomic clock, launched in June, is now in September 29 - October 3 - STS-26, Discovery, returned to flight following the Challenger disaster.

ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands in Kauai, Hawaii, is intercepted above the Pacific by an upgraded standard missile 3.

of American diversity.”. April 12, 1961 - Vostok I: First human being (Maj. Yuri Gagarin) to travel in space by completing one full orbit of the earth. channels as the existing system, four times the resolution, and five times the scan speed. The group had sued the agency, seeking to overturn its warning, although the FAA responded September 16, 1910 - Bessica Faith Raiche becomes the first (official) American woman to solo. The opening of the Nevada location follows the FAA's recent announcement that it will consider allowing the use of small UAS for Test flights like these are seen as a critical step toward advancing the industry inside the U.S. November 6, 2017 – Apollo 12 Astronaut Richard Gordon Passes At 88 – Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon Jr., one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn’t land there, dies.

The crew that Swanson led as commander The two spaceports will work together to share engineering, technical knowledge and operating procedures. February 11, 2019 – Virgin Galactic Donates SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor To Smithsonian – Virgin Galactic announces that the SpaceShipTwo rocket motor has been donated to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum