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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk installed the International Space Station’s eighth and final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk Thursday. The work completes a five-year effort to augment the station’s aging original solar wings and support operations through its planned 2030 retirement.
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk installed the International Space Station’s eighth and final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk Thursday. The work completes a five-year effort to augment the station’s aging original solar wings and support operations through its planned 2030 retirement.
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Orlando International Airport has inaugurated a vertipad for air-taxi demonstrations, using routes and procedures developed with the FAA and NASA; officials describe it as a precursor to commercial vertiport operations. Separately, Electra and VertiPorts by Atlantic agreed to assess infrastructure for ultra-short aircraft operations closer to urban centers.
Victor Glover, an Artemis II astronaut, says traveling to the moon changed how he sees Earth, human connection and the wonder available closer to home. His reflections put the mission’s value in personal perspective, beyond the technical achievement of sending astronauts toward the moon.
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NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins made history as commander of her mission to the International Space Station. Her appointment brings renewed attention to diversity in astronaut leadership and to who gets represented in the next generation of human spaceflight.
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China has outlined a roadmap to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, setting its timeline against NASA’s stated goal of returning astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028. The parallel targets sharpen the competition between the two space programs, though the article provides no further details of China’s plan.
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China’s AutoFlight says it flew five eVTOL aircraft autonomously in formation, spanning two weight classes. The company called the demonstration a milestone in multi-aircraft coordination and electric aviation; the supplied reports do not provide details on the flight’s location, duration or operational conditions.
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk are scheduled to install the International Space Station’s final roll-out solar array during a spacewalk on Nov. 5. The Houston flight-control team approved the excursion, which will advance work to modernize the orbital laboratory’s power system.
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