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August 17, 2026
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In early June, the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) reportedly issued an internal seven-page document raising the alert level – brought…
NASA is advancing the development of the mobility capabilities needed for its future operations on the lunar surface, an area that will be key to extending the range of both…
This informative NASA article and animation explores our Sun's solar twin to understand the early development of Earth. The post NASA Model Describes Nearby Star which Resembles Ours in its Youth…
The Boeing 737-700, formerly operated as N712JM, spent years as a secretive U.S. Air Force flying testbed, and is now becoming NASA’s new reduced-gravity research aircraft with the registration…
This conceptual animation shows the heliosphere — the vast bubble that is generated by the Sun’s magnetic field and envelops all the planets. The post NASA Heliosphere Animation appeared first on…
Title: Pathways Intern, Student Trainee (Engineering) – Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch (ASAB)Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate (SACD) The post Andrew Wartenberg appeared first on NASA…
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The US Army will expand its light helicopter fleet with the acquisition of up to 12 new Airbus UH-72B Lakotas. The contract, signed with Airbus Helicopters Inc., has an initial value…
Engineers developed a unique fabric-based design for a ground-penetrating radar that will be a key instrument on NASA’s SkyFall Mars helicopters. The hardware will enable the SkyFall mission’s trio…
More problems pop up with the long-delayed next-gen Air Force One jets.
This activity shows learners how to create a projector to simulate viewing stars using a cardboard box and foil. The post Make a Starry Sky Projector Activity appeared first on NASA Science .
*Image of Firefly’s Payload Processing Facility near Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base CEDAR PARK, Texas, August 17, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading…
Cincinnati’s GE Aerospace [GE] and San Diego’s Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] said on Monday that the U.S. Air Force has awarded the companies an engineering and manufacturing…
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NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer…
An image from NASA's Curiosity rover, captured in 2023, has resurfaced online, raising suspicions that it shows a UFO The post UFO? Image Captured by NASA's Mars Rover Sparks…
Katalyst Space has won a major new contract from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) as the U.S. Government looks to tap into the latest deorbiting technologies. Katalyst Space will now […] The post…
The US Department of War signed an additional $115 million contract with Airbus Helicopters for a new batch of 12 UH-72B Lakota helicopters. The aircraft will be…
A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion…
Depending on towing speed, between 2 and 2.7 knots, the tow of Normand Ranger, GO Australis and the upper stage of SpaceX's Flight 13, Ship 40, is expected tomorrow morning between 2 and 5 am…
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The US Navy plans to replace the E-6B Mercury with the E-130J Phoenix II to maintain the link with nuclear forces even if conventional communications fail
The US planemaker once sent its own Vice President onto the shop floor.
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A novel program to integrate U.S. and Japanese space capabilities was “completed” last week when a Japanese navigation satellite carrying a U.S. Space Force payload launched into orbit. The post US…
Wednesday, a new documentary about Boeing will drop on Netflix. Their first Netflix documentary about Boeing focused on the 737
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Marking an important milestone in shaping a new support fleet, the company Vigor Marine has unveiled the first of the new production light landing craft…
The absence of air superiority by Russian or Ukrainian forces since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the lack of U.S. air superiority over Iran point to a future in […]
Over the past year, Pentagon leaders have leveraged multiyear contracts for critical munitions as an incentive to get defense primes to make larger investments in their production facilities and…
Perseverance recorded a one-pixel Earth passing behind Phobos from Mars, the first such observation made from the surface of another planet. The post On 2 July 2026, NASA’s Perseverance rover…
Air Peace is about to take delivery of the first of three used Boeing 737-800s from Jeju Air. The eight-year-old jet, with serial number 64177, most recently flew under registration HL8316…
Astroscale U.S. has a $25.5 million refueling spacecraft built and waiting on a ride to geostationary orbit. Janna Lewis carries the policy case for that mission, and she appears on both Silicon…
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