Aviation and space news
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July 24, 2026
Relativity Space announced plans to build a second rocket factory near Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Lightning struck a Chinese Long March-3B rocket shortly after liftoff this week, but the launch still successfully placed its satellite payload in orbit.
HELSINKI — China conducted a pair of launches Thursday, including a Long March 3B rocket which delivered its payload to orbit despite a lightning strike. The Long March 3B rocket […] The post…
China has launched the Gravity-1 Y4 carrier rocket from the East China Sea, placing nine satellites into their preset orbit as the country demonstrates open-sea mobile launch capability. The flight…
July 23, 2026
Africa’s first space exploration mission is the Bounced African Low Lunar Sphere, or BALLS for short. It is to be flown on China’s Chang’e-8 Moon lander mission in 2029. The Africa2Moon project…
July 22, 2026
HELSINKI — A classified satellite launched by China in June is operating in a creative orbit, giving it a unique vantage point over the geostationary belt. Shijian-31 launched on a […] The post…
Orienspace's Gravity-1, the world's most powerful solid rocket, aced its third-ever mission on Tuesday (July 21), launching nine satellites to orbit from a ship at sea.
History demonstrates military innovation continually rewrites the rules of combat, reshaping warfare and rendering strategies from past conflicts obsolete. The introduction of repeating rifles…
July 20, 2026
Airbus continues to strengthen its order portfolio with new contracts announced during the Farnborough International Aeronautical Hall and in the days before the competition. To the commitments..
After last week’s aborted Starship Flight 13 launch, SpaceX is scheduling a new attempt as… The post Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Starship, and Chinese rockets scheduled to launch appeared first on…
A bill introduced in the US House of Representatives would require federal officials to review past acquisitions of… The post US House bill seeks to reopen review of Chinese ownership of Cirrus…
HELSINKI — A six-month-old Chinese startup aiming to use artificial intelligence to compress rocket engine development cycles has raised $29.5 million in angel funding. LegendSpace, full name Linjie…
July 18, 2026
China’s Tianwen-1 orbiter caught a rare glimpse of 3I/ATLAS as it swept past Mars, revealing the hazy coma and tail of a comet born beyond our solar system. The interstellar object known as 3I/ATLAS…
July 17, 2026
Air China has informed the Shanghai Stock Exchange of the purchase of 15 A350-900 widebodies, with an additional… The post Air China orders 15 A350-900s with additional 40 A320neos for Shenzhen…
Serbia is the latest nation to sign the Artemis Accords, joining the U.S.-led effort more than two years after signing on to China’s lunar base project. The post Serbia signs the Artemis Accords…
July 16, 2026
Building U.S. space-based moving target indication systems and the capability to disrupt Chinese military space systems is a top deterrence priority for U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Schiess, he…
"We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation."
Cathay brought together 80 students from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland on July 15, 2026, for a… The post Cathay’s I Can Fly unites Hong Kong, mainland China students in aviation program…
China Eastern Airlines has kicked off a new direct route connecting Shanghai and Tbilisi, giving travelers between China… The post China Eastern launches first direct flight between Shanghai and…
July 15, 2026
China reached a major milestone less than a week ago with the first successful recovery… The post China’s first recovered booster returns to port as LandSpace aims for first land recovery appeared…
AV’s investment in Dayton is an investment in America’s biomanufacturing future to reduce dependence on China’s critical materials By Lucas Beagle, Ph.D., Senior Director of Advanced Research and…
With this technology, China aims to strengthen the competitiveness of its commercial space industry and to cut distances with the United States. In parallel, China has started the intensive phase of..
July 14, 2026
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has turned to India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to… The post China’s largest bank asks DGCA to deregister Boeing 737-8s leased to…
July 13, 2026
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has expanded its network in China with the addition of two new destinations after seeing… The post Malaysia Airlines expands network in China thanks to ‘surging demand’…
July 10, 2026
China's state-owned space company recovered its first orbital rocket booster after launch.
July 9, 2026
Domestic contractors vying for U.S. air traffic control modernization projects are citing Chinese business ties as well as cyber and national security concerns in their latest bid to shut out…
June 30, 2026
"We don't want the United States to give in its soft power in space to China, and we are part of the answer to that." A bet for artificial intelligence To speed up the design and engineering of..