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August 24, 2026
The China Manned Space Agency has announced that the upcoming Chang'e-7 international lunar mission will no longer launch within its planned 2026 window after failing to meet the required launch…
The U.S. government has issued a new National Space Transportation Policy, which will replace previous versions published in 2004 and 2013.
Synspective has set 31 August for the launch of its 11th StriX SAR satellite, flying on Rocket Lab's Electron from Mahia, New Zealand.
Aviación Digital, Sp.- On the night of October 29, 2024, as the DANA storm battered the province of Valencia with extreme severity, Salvamento Marítimo's Helimer 203 became a capability…
Portal Space Systems has booked a 2028 Falcon 9 for its Motus Via Sol mission - the debut flight of its Supernova spacecraft, demonstrating its FLARE solar-thermal propulsion in space.
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On 27 August, an Ariane 62 will carry Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 from Kourou - the vehicle's first mission to geostationary transfer orbit and the farthest it has flown. MTG-I2 completes the…
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AMAC Aerospace Turkey has carried out several short-notice maintenance inputs on Dassault Falcon aircraft, including AOG support, troubleshooting, component replacement, and defect rectification at…
Low-cost airline easyJet has decided to change its operating and commercial policy by eliminating several routes from Leeds/Bradford in the United Kingdom. From 4 January there will no longer be…
Saab has unveiled its roadmap for its Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) program, a stealthy, supersonic ‘fighter drone,’ which could enter service in the 2030s with the Swedish Air Force and…
Grupo Abra closed the second quarter of 2026 with US$2.6 billion in operating revenue, a year-on-year increase of 17.7%, while the group's airlines carried 17.6 million…
US carrier United Airlines has postponed the planned resumption of scheduled flights between George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and Maiquetía Simón…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- SpaceX is working to launch, no earlier than August 28, 2026, the fourteenth orbital test flight of its Starship rocket from the Starbase site in Texas. The flight…
The twin-engine Jabiru J432 is aimed primarily at flight schools. Two 85 hp Jabiru engines are meant to enable low operating costs.
Less than a year after launching a collaborative programme with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), GKN Aerospace unveiled its UAV demonstrator, marking the first public presentation…
Kremlin propaganda has a singular ability: it manages to describe Moldova simultaneously as a small, poor, weak country... The article The Moldova that frightens the Kremlin…
Ukraine’s Defence Forces have added the Alexa Spatium, the country’s first domestically developed jet-powered drone interceptor, to their arsenal, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence announced on August…
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that it will establish an industrial presence in Greece through AV Eagle, a joint-venture with Athens-based Eyeonix SA, following the completion of a definitive…
Maldives-based premium airline Beond has signed a memorandum of understanding with India's Aeroprime Group to develop a cargo partnership. Under this…
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The United States government authorized the possible sale of thousands of guidance sections for the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) for rockets intended for the Forces…
More than 10 years after First Officer Andreas Lubitz, apparently severely mentally ill, crashed a Lufthansa subsidiary Germanwings A320 in the French Alps, a trial is now…
NASA has completed a major test campaign for a lightweight, flexible radar antenna that will enable its proposed SkyFall Mars helicopters to search beneath the Red Planet’s surface for accessible…
A local shortage of jet fuel at Hosea Kutako International Airport in the Namibian capital Windhoek is forcing adjustments to the flight operations of European airlines. The…
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Airnorth’s Embraer E190 VH-XFC flew a SpaceX recovery team to Christmas Island on 15 August for a crew change following Starship Flight 13’s splashdown in the Indian Ocean. According to the airline…
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 August 24 – Comet… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a…
The drying of the massive lake exposed playas that became the setting for feats of engineering and technological ingenuity, as well as epic tales of exploration and desperation.
Employees worldwide celebrate seventy-five years of innovation and excellence. PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL – August 24, 2026 – Chromalloy, a global leader in aftermarket engineering and manufacturing…
What if Heyl Ha’Avir became the launch customer for the future American sixth-generation fighter? That, at least, is what seems to be taking shape…
Under the Spain Space brand, eleven Spanish companies are gathering at booth 1035 to showcase their technological capabilities at one of the world's leading events for…
Stacie Pettyjohn, of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), warned that "Ukraine serves as a battlefield for understanding how drone warfare is reshaping combat…
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The A3-001 represents, according to the company, a possible later evolution of that technological activity. The time difference is relevant: the demonstrators that Saab intends to fly before…
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