Surging megaconstellation traffic, assessing AI for air traffic management and examining SpaceX’s Mars plan. Read these and other stories in the October-December magazine, available now. https://t.co/K0Go1gNS7k

The U.S. aviation industry and federal regulators are still grappling with how to determine the appropriate guardrails for artificial intelligence to ensure safe aircraft operations, one lawmaker said Wednesday. https://t.co/hJ7TK9n94B

In the wake of a Pentagon-wide effort to speed up military acquisition, the head of the newest uniformed service outlined an aggressive vision to improve its acquisition policies. https://t.co/r9DmQOWYGd

ESA today announced an all-European consortium of contractors for its Argonaut lander, which officials said will provide the agency with a level of self-determination in space exploration that hasn’t existed for any of its previous major missions. https://t.co/h5BgNi39Ao

Several lawmakers on the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee have proposed a bill that would ensure air traffic controllers are paid during future government shutdowns. https://t.co/Xxy0mqGXBn

Nov. 21 is the deadline to submit responses to our latest AeroPuzzler. Your challenge: Tell us in 250 words how the Hubble Telescope helped confirm the existence of dark energy. https://t.co/4WCjYhnBaj

ICYMI: Elon Musk predicts he can land humans on Mars as soon as 2029. We examine the strategy to get there and the technical challenges that must be overcome. https://t.co/2VVu5T952q

As #DubaiAirshow kicks off, @JobyAviation announces three more vertiport locations & daily flights. In an interview we learn how the company is preparing for final type certification flight test.

Joby today announced plans to conduct demonstration flights all five days of the Dubair Airshow. Here's what else to expect from the event, which runs Nov. 17-21. https://t.co/SAb93Um1Cw

Joby Aviation is readying to enter the final stage of flight testing needed before FAA can issue a type certificate for its all-electric S4, the first in the industry. https://t.co/hhTfO3mjpz

This year’s Dubai Airshow is expected to feature a stronger presence from Boeing after a subdued Paris Air Show, as well as electric air taxi demonstration flights and a sales push from Chinese aircraft manufacturers. https://t.co/SAb93Um1Cw

Blue Origin launched its second New Glenn on Thursday, lofting a pair of NASA spacecraft bound for Mars and, for the first time, completing a vertical landing of the rocket’s first stage on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean. https://t.co/UsKW5VZH5s

ICYMI: The arrival of multiple broadband megaconstellations on orbit could make on-orbit navigation more complicated than ever. https://t.co/NUGf3Ukulh

Anticipated solar storms today prompted NASA and Blue Origin to cancel the launch of the agency’s ESCAPADE spacecraft to avoid potential damage and loss of the mission, according to principal investigator Robert Lillis.  https://t.co/yAdooMNyoj

In a paper published today in Nature, European astronomers describe the first confirmed sighting of a coronal mass ejection from a star outside our solar system. https://t.co/XxTPnAb7Q2

The first jet-versus-jet dogfight, nonstop service from New York to Tokyo and 25 years of human presence on ISS. Check out these and other aerospace milestones marking anniversaries this month.  https://t.co/NjfamEN0Iu

For the second article in our three-part Goddard Centennial Series, historians dig into the public reaction to Goddard’s early research and its impact on the technical community. https://t.co/NVK1XzjGVJ

Today’s NG-2 launch is scrubbed due to weather, specifically the cumulus cloud rule. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt based on forecasted weather.

New Glenn’s new T-0 is 4:12 PM EST / 21:12 UTC.

Entering a hold to allow more time for the weather to clear. New T-0 forthcoming.

Rain clouds over the Cape an hour in advance of ⁦@blueorigin⁩ #NG2, the second launch for the New Glenn rocket and first launch of a Mars-bound mission this year. Carrying two satellites for NASA by ⁦@RocketLab⁩ and one for ⁦@viasat⁩