Apparently a 23% share price drop is a "mixed year".

Oh, and outer space.

One woman is behind the incredible aerial...

VIDEO: Aerospace companies embrace the 3D Printing revolution.

First flight scheduled for 2020.

And it's in testing now.

[credit provider=”WikiMedia Commons” url=”http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1er_vol_de_l%27_A380.jpg”] The possible merger of EADS, the parent company of European aerospace giant Airbus, and BAE systems, one of the world’s biggest defence contractors would create the world’s largest aerospace and defence group.  Their combined sales were $96 billion last year, compared to Boeing’s $76 billion. 

Plans for an enormous new airport are to be discussed by the British government in March, as it stages a meeting on its aviation policy.

Russia’s doomed Phobos-Grunt probe, intended to explore a moon of Mars, will crash down to Earth around about January 15, reports Radio Free Europe.

[credit provider=”Associated Press”] Workers at Russia’s space agency, Roscosmos, will be banned from vacationing outside the country for fear that they are privy to sensitive information, reports Izvestia. Employees at the agency with specialised knowledge of Russian rockets will be unable to escape the brutal Russian winter by fleeing elsewhere. Additionally, […]

[credit provider=”Flickr/Jarrett Campbell” url=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/wjarrettc/4241228249/”] Latvian airline airBaltic will have a new addition to its in-flight shopping options by allowing passengers to buy a car onboard its flights, reported AFP. The car, a Mini Cooper R56, will come with a special airBaltic paint job. The airline is the first to sell cars […]

Take a look at this video of a 51-year-old Swiss daredevil flying in formation with two Albatross jets. 

[credit provider=”UNStudio” url=”http://www.unstudio.com/projects/kutaisi-airport”] Dutch architect firm UNStudio has come up with this audacious yet refined design for a new airport in Kutaisi, Georgia.The plans consist of a 4,000-square-meter departure hall complimented by a 55-meter-high control tower. Both incorporate a futuristic and original design.

[credit provider=”Wikimedia Commons” url=”http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Virgin_Galactic_Scaled_Composites_348_White_Knight_2_Ryabtsev.jpg/500px-Virgin_Galactic_Scaled_Composites_348_White_Knight_2_Ryabtsev.jpg”] German insurance giant, Allianz, will start offering space travel insurance at the beginning of next year to coincide with the advent of commercial space travel, reports Reuters.Policies are likely to start at $700 but deluxe policies could be had for as much as $10,000. That may […]

The mission to re-man the International Space Station with two Russian astronauts and an American crew member has begun successfully, reports the Guardian.

At the end of last month some German engineers working for e-volo showcased this crazy copter.

Russia is the worst place to fly in the entire world, according to new figures from the Aviation Safety Network (via Sky News).