News for August 8, 2026
August 8, 2026
AW | 2026 08 08 20:45 | AIRLINES ROUTES Flies 11-hour route between Mumbai and Amsterdam IndiGo will use the Airbus A321XLR to sustain its Mumbai/BOM—Amsterdam/AMS link with a flight of about…
Lufthansa Technik Philippines, the joint venture between Lufthansa Technik and MacroAsia Corporation, broke ground on its new base maintenance facility at Clark International Airport. The center for…
Vietnam is strengthening its air component looking to Moscow and appears set to be confirmed as launch customer for the new version of the Yakovlev trainer and attack aircraft...
by Alberto Cossu – Vision & Global Trends. Società Italiana di Geopolitica project, Geopolitics of the Poles. Arctic and Antarctic between routes, resources and global powers. Part I, a...
North Korea is reported to have deployed a missile unit in western Russia equipped with 120 KN-23/KN-24 tactical ballistic missiles and six mobile launchers to strike Ukraine…
Built by SIMA Perú with technological input from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, the B.A.P. "Talara" is the first of two Auxiliary Logistics Ships intended to reinforce supply…
The first successful test flight of a fully Australian-designed and manufactured advanced solid rocket motor has taken place at the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna, South Australia. This milestone…
Spanish public spending on defence and support for its industrial base hit a record in 2025, with budget execution of 23,333 million euros, up 46.5% on the previous year and well above…
India took a major step in its air force modernisation strategy by officially launching efforts to join the European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) programme, one of…
LONDON — A routine night shift inside Virgin Atlantic’s engineering hangar at London Heathrow Airport turned into an extraordinary mess tonight after an automated fire suppression system…
Four people died this Saturday, August 8, when a helicopter crashed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, firefighters said, while several Brazilian news outlets…
Blue Origin is nearing the end of its investigation into the catastrophic explosion of a… The post Blue Origin working engine resolutions and dual pad future appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities predicted more than thirty years ago appear for the first time in the photosphere and could help explain coronal heating. At 21:38 on…
Comparing the measured spin of hundreds of galaxies with the reconstructed tidal field of the newborn cosmos, astronomers elevate the tidal torque theory, proposed in 1969, from a hint to…
A C-17 of the 445th Airlift Wing extensively damaged in March 2025 was repaired by using new technologies of the Rapid Sustainment Office, after no vendors were able to provide the needed parts. The…
This image from NASA, ESA and CSA's James Webb Space Telescope takes us into a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and swirling winds…
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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast.
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Coulson buys 10 C-130 Hercules aircraft from the Canadian Air Force to expand its firefighting fleet
Coulson Aviation announced the acquisition of 10 Lockheed CC-130H Hercules aircraft retired by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), in a deal that will double its fleet of Hercules freighters…
Created in the late 1950s to succeed the Il-28, the Yak-28 combined supersonic speed,...
Iran opened a new military exhibition at an underground base of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, displaying wreckage of aircraft and drones it claims to have…
Growing uncrewed threats look to be prompting various new defensive measures at Russian naval bases far and wide. The post Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Are Now Cocooned In Nets…
Iberia is planning a special flight aboard one of its A321XLRs to give scientists a closer look at the total solar eclipse. Viewers at home will also get a unique perspective, thanks to a live…
Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics. The post…
A Robinson R44 helicopter carrying tourists crashed in Vista Chinesa, Rio de Janeiro, leaving four dead
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Poland is preparing to transfer four more retired MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, expanding military support for the country amid the war against Russia. The information was confirmed by…
AW | 2026 08 08 13:33 | INDUSTRY / AVIATION SAFETY / AVIATION ORGANISMS New Airworthiness Directives for the Boeing 737 MAX The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered new inspections…
A Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 with 199 passengers and six crew members on board was evacuated on the runway at Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport (ATL) on Saturday morning after smoke entered…
Lufthansa is renegotiating with Boeing the future of its Boeing 777X order, a move that could set an important precedent for the entire programme. The German airline…
With many fan-favorite Autobots and Decepticons bumped off in the opening act, this was not the big-screen romp '80s kids were expecting.
On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards to discuss the best ways to repel space invaders.
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