17-Oct-25 - ESA astronauts completed 3-week helicopter training in preparation for future lunar missions at the Bundeswehr’s International Helicopter Training Centre (Internationales Hubschrauberausbildungszentrum, IHAZ) in Bückeburg, using the Airbus EC135 #astronauts
31-Aug-25 - In preparation for future NASA landings on the Moon under the Artemis mission, astronauts flew helicopters with the Colorado Army National Guard at their HAATS (High-Altitude Army National Guard Aviation Training Site) in Gypsum #NASA
26-Sep-23 - A Bell 206 helicopter, operated by Timberland Helicopters, assisted in the historic recovery of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission at the Utah desert’s Dugway Proving Ground #OSIRISREx
25-Sep-23 - Joby Aviation delivered first of two electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) to Edwards AFB ahead of schedule for a joint research program between the US Air Force and NASA under a AFWERX Agility Prime contract #AFWERX
08-Aug-23 - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter fies again after unscheduled landing. The 25-second up-and-down hop provided data that could help determine why its 53rd flight ended early. #Mars
20-Feb-23 - Joby begins testing its eVTOL propeller at the National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex (NFAC), NASA Ames, the world’s largest wind tunnel facility #windtunnel
13-Dec-22 - US Navy units including USS Portland (LPD 27), USS Montgomery (LCS 8), Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC-23) and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Expeditionary Support Unit EODESU-1 retrieved NASA Artemis I spacecraft Orion after splashdown off the Baja coast near Guadalupe island in the Pacific Ocean #Artemis1
23-Aug-22 - US Space Command (USSPACECOM) host astronaut recovery training exercise at Patrick AFB, FL with US Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron HSC-28 Seahawk helicopters and USAF 48th Rescue Squadron (PJs) for the incoming SpaceX Crew-5 mission #Crew5
22-Aug-22 - NASA Tests Advanced Air Mobility Automation Concepts with Sikorsky and DARPA
NASA in partnership with DARPA in advanced air mobility national campaign research with the Sikorsky SARA flight test helicopter in Stratford, CT #automation
14-May-22 - Joby Aviation all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) pre-production aircraft has successfully demonstrated low noise profile following acoustic testing completed with NASA #noise
11-Feb-22 - Bell partnership with Hillwood and Northwest Independent School District (NISD) for demonstration of ground-based Detect and Avoid (DAA) flight for its NASA Systems Integration and Operationalization (SIO) project #NASA
28-Oct-21 - NASA operates 3 Airbus H135 helicopters at Kennedy Space Center in Florida in a variety of missions, including aerial security at rocket launches, emergency medical services, research and qualified passenger transport #NASA
19-Apr-21 - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, part of the Perseverance Rover mission, became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet #Mars
