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August 26, 2026
Aviación Digital, Sp.- SpaceX's launch cadence made history again in the early hours of August 25, 2026: in a single liftoff, the company logged its hundredth Falcon 9 launch…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- On August 25, 2026, two astronauts completed outside the International Space Station a delicate repair that had been left unfinished a week earlier…
Embraer announced that its Phenom 300EV aircraft has received triple certification from Brazil's Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC), the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European…
Curiosity’s hand-sized polygons resemble ancient wet-dry cracks elsewhere in Gale Crater, but NASA is testing several other origins before assigning this vast fracture field a water history. The…
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot completed their spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS) this…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- The best-selling aircraft family in history is once again under regulators' scrutiny: on August 13, 2026, the US aviation authority published…
NASA has selected the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to operate the Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions (OCO-2 and OCO-3) starting this autumn. Both OCO-2, a satellite…
NASA's Deep Space Network center in California celebrates the addition of a new 34-metre-wide radio frequency antenna to its communications and navigation…
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"The speed of the project, the buzz and the pomp make it all very questionable." In response, Shotwell said SpaceX plans to keep much of the site undeveloped and that…
SpaceX has announced plans to construct a new Starship processing and launch complex in Louisiana designed to support thousands of launches annually. Located in Vermilion Parish, the proposed…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems predicts the new drone it plans to pitch for the military’s “Massed Modular Aircraft” program will exceed many of the military’s requirements for a successor to…
NASA Deep Space Network logs show that a distant observer on the Earth–Mars line would have occupied one of humanity's Martian uplink beams 77 percent of the time from 2005 through 2024. The post…
A United States Air Force flight bound for Antarctica had to return to New
The post APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion’s Head Nebula appeared first on NASA Science .
They were meant for a special version of the Boeing 737 Max 10. But as certification dragged on for years, United Airlines has already changed plans…
US military facilities in dire condition: $285 billion in pending repairs, according to a GAO report
However, during the 2021-2025 period the military services continued to request approximately 80% of the needs estimated by the model. The Army, Navy and Air Force…
Berlin is building significant European industrial capacity around the Patriot and has signed agreements with US companies to expand the supply chain. In 2024, the…
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Carrier expects sufficient Airbus A321XLR deliveries to support five new European routes in 2027, while the aircraft also plays a key role in replacing its ageing Boeing 757 fleet United Airlines is…
SpaceX has unveiled plans for “Starbase, Louisiana,” described as the largest private spaceport in the… The post Starbase, Louisiana: The Largest Private Spaceport in the World appeared first on…
Air Tahiti Nui will modernise the cabins of its four Boeing 787s from 2028. The project will cost 8.5 billion CFP francs (around €71 million)…
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SpaceX and Louisiana have announced a 125,000-acre Starship campus targeting a first flight in 2029, but its $100 billion full-buildout plan and thousands-per-year capacity still depend on vehicle…
Boeing has received a US Department of War indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling value of $131 billion to support the F-15 Eagle Crest program. The contract covers…
A death linked to US airline Southwest Airlines is occupying local investigative authorities in the state of Hawaii. Flight attendant Jenny Lupton, 50, was…
An MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter belonging to the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, known as the 160th SOAR and nicknamed the "Night Stalkers," suffered a…
Teledyne FLIR OEM announced it was selected to support the U.S. Army’s Delivering Unmatched Thermal Capability Hastened (DUTCH) initiative, led by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for […]
Webb's MIRI spectrum identifies molecular water and oxygen-rich silicates around IRS 3, while projected geometry and the dust-production inference require careful separation. The post NASA’s James…
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A closer look at why Qantas never ordered the Boeing 777, despite influencing the plane's design, and why this wasn't necessarily a mistake.
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The instrument is scheduled to launch on August 30, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket…
AW | 2026 08 25 22:43 | INDUSTRY Boeing engineers prepare industrial strike The Boeing Company faces a major labor stoppage after thousands of engineers and…
Boeing has received a framework contract from the US government for the F-15 program with a maximum value of $131.23 billion (about €113 billion). It includes production of…
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