Aviation and space news
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August 26, 2026
The SyberJet SJ30-2 set a new performance benchmark in business aviation by completing a nonstop coast-to-coast flight across the United States in about four hours and seven minutes…
The Italian Army is currently receiving heavy recovery and towing vehicles from the IDV Standard-Militär-Lkw SMR6 (Standard Military Range) series by Iveco Defence … more...
Pilot reportedly survives accident without serious injury.
A newly discovered water dominated exoplanet is in hot-water literally and figuratively, it orbits so close to its parent star it is headed to a fatal collision that will see it devoured.
The ESA's Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leading up to the…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its journey from Gale Crater on Mars up…
The product is set to launch in 2027 on select United widebody aircraft.
Gol Linhas Aéreas becomes Avianca's commercial representative in Brazil and takes over B2B management of the airline's flights, connections and products
Regional Express amends procedures after incidents in which pilots took manual control to restore flightpath. Australian operator Regional Express is amending flight procedures following incidents…
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing…
Delta Air Lines will resume its flights to Israel in early September. From September 6, the New York-JFK to Tel Aviv route is set to operate daily again with an Airbus A330-900 Neo…
Our minds are expert at manufacturing catastrophes that never arrive, yet we pay the emotional price as if they were real. The post Thought of the day from philosopher Michel de Montaigne: “There…
United Airlines Copies Lufthansa With Flight 222 to Toulouse… Say it Fast, You Won’t Be Disappointed
It’s probably fair to say that Germans aren’t renowned for their humor, and flag carrier Lufthansa is known for being particularly staid and uptight. Every so often, Lufthansa lets us know that…
NASA’s Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) was created by the Planetary Science Division to recommend non-mission specific, non-nuclear investments in planetary technology; to…
A Sepehran Airlines Boeing 737-500 veered off a runway after landing at Mashhad International Airport (MHD) in northwest… The post Nose gear collapses as Sepehran Airlines 737 runs off runway in…
Saturn's moon Enceladus sports a thick shell of ice surrounding a liquid water ocean. As though scraped by an enormous claw, four parallel cracks slash across its south pole. Each about 500 meters…
Retroreflectors left on the Moon by the Apollo missions and Soviet probes allow the distance to our satellite to be measured with precision…
Bradleys deploying swarms of uncrewed ground vehicles would give the US Army a horde of new options for scouting and attacking. The post Bradley Fighting Vehicle Lugging Load Of Swarming Ground…
Wisk Aero today announced the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art vertiport at Hollister Municipal Airport in California. “The facility is one of the first public airport vertiports designed to…
LeoLabs on Wednesday said the Space Force has awarded the company a $20.7 million contract to deliver a modified version of its Scout containerized space surveillance radar for a “new […]
From simplified wiring to "rubber-band" indicators, Airhart Avionics brings fresh eyes to experimental cockpits.
Carrier says the Airbus narrowbody cannot perform some missions originally presented to it, but existing A321LR and XLR operations suggest the issue is more nuanced than the headline 4,700-nm figure
One contract worth up to $603 million was issued to RTX subsidiary Raytheon, while a second valued at roughly $163 million was issued to B-52 prime contractor Boeing.
A Wyoming Civil Air Patrol squadron has been deactivated and its Cessna 206 reassigned following a dispute between local volunteers and state leadership.
Service has been paused since February.
The Nadi International Airport is Fiji’s main international gateway, with more than 30 international flights scheduled each day. However, the recent unavailability of aviation fuel posed a…
What drove these massive deep-diving whales to nurture a disabled stranger when their own species abandoned it—and what did they gain in return? The post Off the coast of Portugal, a pod of sperm…
I journeyed to the path of totality in Spain to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with a group of passionate citizen scientists. Here's my story.
This International Dog Day, Alaska is sharing tips to help ensure seamless travel with your canine companion. The post Paws before takeoff: What to know before traveling with a canine companion this…
Ukraine's Delta software cut its kill chain to minutes. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told the Senate the fault for falling behind was his own.
