NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has taken its first pictures using the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera. With a resolution of about 2.5m (8ft) per pixel, the image was taken on 24 March from an altitude of 2,490km (1,550 miles), about nine times the range eventually planned.
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Source: Flight International
China’s AVIC has secured a contract from the China Manned Space Agency to develop a winged, reusable spacecraft called Haolong.
Air New Zealand and Pratt & Whitney have broken ground on an extension to their joint Christchurch Engine Centre, with an aim to boost MRO capacity for PW1100G engines.
SIA Engineering (SIAEC) remains optimistic about “healthy” air travel demand in the near-term, as it sees opportunities in ongoing aircraft delivery delays.
