Archives: Year In Review Article - Aerospace America

Solid rocket motors support growing number of rocket launches and missile tests

Adopting ammonia fuel for marine vessels and pushing toward wider use of liquid hydrogen fuel

Moon shadows and lunar far side samples headline the year

Groundbreaking structural dynamics and aeroelastic tests

Pushing the boundaries of high-speed commercial travel

Growing demand for flight data and plasma wind tunnels in Europe, U.S. to study reentry conditions

Rotating detonation engines at the forefront of pressure gain combustion

Hypersonics, advanced materials and shockwaves

Ammonia for clean and sustainable propulsion

Air transportation systems recovering from pandemic’s effects

Facility improvements, return to service and novel testing techniques showcase critical ground testing

Low-boom technologies gain ground with improved measurement tools and more research

Ramping up work on simulations for advanced air mobility

Flight test players persevere through challenges

Plasma measurement and hypersonic flight testing among developments

Space tethers to demonstrate propellantless propulsion, deorbiting satellites

Portals to lunar exploration take shape

737 MAX grounding and ADS-B lead eventful year

Hope for again sending humans to space from U.S. soil

Falcon Heavy, New Shepard achieve important test flights

Year of records includes Falcon Heavy launch, unmanned aircraft registrations

Meshing, visualization tests show promise

Airbus, Boeing airliners make first flights

Hybrid airships move closer to commercial flight

The changing face of flight testing

Another year of advances for tethers community

Improving efficiency and fuel ignition