The launch at Kennedy Space Center on May 30 sent SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on a 19-hr. journey to the International Space Station. Here is a look at the launch and the events that transpired on the ground and in space during the Demonstration Mission-2 flight test.
SpaceX’s Commercial Crew Demo-2 flight for NASA—the first launch of humans into orbit from U.S. soil since the space shuttle’s 2011 retirement—marks the end of the longest gap in U.S. human spaceflight capability. See the full coverage on human spaceflight.
Aviation Week Network forecasts that annual maintenace, repair and overhaul (MRO) demand for Western-designed attack helicopters will increase 11.1% during this decade, from $4.2 billion in 2020 to $4.6 billion in 2029.