Space

Following liftoff, NASA confirmed the spacecraft was stable and receiving solar power.

Private companies fear losing to China in a move toward a commercial space economy.

The mission is part of NASA’s commercial lunar payload services initiative and represents the first U.S. lunar landing in more than 50 years.

The mission was the first commercial spaceflight of government and European Space Agency-sponsored national astronauts.

We dive into that, Airbus’ Italian air taxi ambitions, EHang’s low price tag, and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

The agency confirmed it opened a mishap investigation and no public injuries or damage had been reported.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is set to launch no earlier than August.

The free-flying commercial space station will permanently host four crewmembers and is scheduled to launch before the International Space Station’s decommissioning.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the payload of more than 8,200 pounds of critical supplies headed to the International Space Station.

We cover Clay Lacy Aviation’s partnership with air taxi manufacturer Overair and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.