Space

Watch the massive turboprop cargo aircraft land as it transports the Orion crew module heat shield to Alabama.

Former NASA astronaut Ken Mattingly II, best known for helping the crew of Apollo 13 return to Earth safely in 1970, has died at 87.

The company says the spacecraft’s first flight test, which ended in flames, ‘provided numerous lessons learned.’

We round up news from Helijet, Beta Technologies, SpaceX, Zipline, and plenty more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

Graduate students who are citizens of Canada, as well as those from more than two dozen countries throughout Europe and beyond, may apply.

Starship has been grounded since April after its maiden voyage ended in an explosion, but the massive spacecraft is getting closer to a second test flight.

The 26,400-nautical-mile, round-trip flight delivering an observatory to McMurdo Station took nearly a year to organize, according to the space agency.

The Handheld Universal Lunar Camera in development has a blanket for dust and thermal protection, as well as ergonomic buttons for use with bulky gloves.

The two major spacecraft components, which have undergone testing, will transport astronauts on a mission around the moon.

We address that question and break down news from Amazon, Archer, and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.