Also: Citation Gen2 Family Enters Service, Oshkosh Performers, Kodiak-TBM Continue Growth, BIG Boeing Order NASA announced it is bringing the astronauts of Crew-11 home early because of what they called a “medical concern” with one member of the crew. The astronauts are approaching the end of a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station, and returning them to Earth in the next few days would not shorten their planned mission by much. The FCC has opened the door for SpaceX to double its second-generation Starlink network, authorizing the company to operate up to 15,000 Gen2 satellites. According to the FCC, “SpaceX is authorized to construct, deploy, and operate an additional 7,500 Gen2 Starlink satellites, bringing the total to 15,000 satellites worldwide. A recreational tightrope – called a slackline – strung half a mile across a remote Arizona canyon likely triggered a helicopter crash that killed four family members from Oregon. The tragedy has drawn scrutiny of a little-known extreme sport with scant oversight, even as participants rig longer slacklines across public lands, heightening the risk to aircraft. All this — and MORE in today’s episode of Airborne-Unlimited!!!
