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Nigeria's XEJet airline is partnering with the University of Abuja to create a new center that will train the next generation of aerospace engineers. The initiative aims to put Nigerian aviation on the global map through education and homegrown talent.
Nigerian-American aerospace engineer Wendy Okolo earned her PhD at 26 and now leads groundbreaking flight safety research at NASA. She's the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.
A Chinese rocket company is gearing up for another attempt to land and reuse a massive orbital booster, bringing SpaceX-style space travel closer to reality in Asia. After a dramatic near-miss in December, they're ready to try again.
Scientists created a tool that helps satellites gather climate data without turning space into a debris field. It could protect astronauts and satellites as orbital traffic explodes toward 100,000 spacecraft by 2030.
Engineers at the University of Illinois created an AI tool that spots stress hotspots in metal before failure happens, making aircraft and structures safer. The breakthrough uses crystal images to predict where cracks will form.
Engineers successfully tested the rotors that will power NASA's car-sized Dragonfly rotorcraft on Saturn's moon Titan, bringing humanity closer to exploring an alien world. The groundbreaking mission will launch in 2028 and arrive at Titan in 2034.