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August 19, 2026
While Starship is grabbing headlines, another fully reusable vehicle is advancing towards a potential 2026… The post Stoke Space conducts second stage fit checks, completes first stage engines ahead…
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TUI fly Netherlands will expand its fleet and focus on more direct services to popular holiday destinations in summer 2027, increasing both the number of flights and the number of available seats…
Raytheon, part of the RTX group, received a $22.9 billion contract from the U.S. Navy to significantly expand production of Tomahawk cruise missiles. The deal, wi…
Vantor has new leadership for its U.S. government business, appointing Will Cocos as executive vice president and general manager to lead the company’s business in U.S. defense, intelligence and…
Airbus is expanding its Belfast wing facility to support higher A220 production and improve the program’s long-term economics.
The August 19 landing of its ZhuQue-3 rocket marked the first landing of a Chinese-made rocket using landing legs as well.
Malaysia Airlines expanded a codeshare agreement with Qatar Airways and will now market four flights between Doha and São Paulo
The recently launched Katalyst Space servicing mission to boost NASA’s Swift Observatory won’t be able to complete the rescue, NASA and Katalyst confirmed Wednesday. After the Katalyst Link…
Before people can mine resources on the moon, asteroids or Mars, they need to answer a few key questions: What is there? How much is there? And where can it be found? A team led by SETI Institute…
The Block II’s open architecture for the E-2D’s mission systems, computers and displays enhance cockpit functionality, support future upgrades and improve sensor fusion. The U.S. Navy’s E-2D…
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has received multi-million-dollar orders from multiple international customers for GAIA antenna systems by Orbit Communication Systems, now a Kratos company…
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LandSpace successfully recovered the Zhuque-3's first stage after placing the Honghu-03 satellite in orbit, a milestone for China's reusable launch vehicles.
LandSpace successfully recovered the first stage of the Zhuque-3 after putting Honghu-03 into orbit, a milestone for Chinese reusable launchers.
Between August 11 and 12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a series of images of a new crater on the Moon. The crater formed on August 5, when an upper stage of a…
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
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American Airlines restores seatback screens, expands Starlink WiFi, and enhances passenger experience across narrowbody aircraft. The post American Airlines Crew Push Back Against Seatback Screens…
Something's wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists have found a good explanation for it. A recent study of new Horizons…
Seven helicopters and two water-bombing aircraft were operating over the High Fens on Wednesday as firefighters sought to consolidate the perimeter around Belgium’s largest recorded wildfire. The…
Katalyst Space and NASA concluded today that reboosting the Swift Observatory with Katalyst’s LINK spacecraft will not be possible due to attitude control problems. They still plan to conduct some […]
The joint U.S.-South Korea Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise will end Aug. 21, a week earlier than previously planned, at the behest of President Donald Trump—a move that comes as U.S Air Force is…
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Five Americans were among seven people killed when a tourist helicopter crashed in a remote area of northern… The post Seven killed in EC130 helicopter crash during Kenya safari flight appeared…
A pen-sized apparatus called a "laundry gun" could sterilize astronauts' clothes in space.
Rohith Velmurugan was working toward his commercial pilot certificate when he noticed how much of his training time was being spent on the ground.
Rohith Velmurugan was working toward his commercial pilot certificate when he noticed how much of his training time was being spent on the ground.
Striveworks’s models will be able to compress “hours of staff work into seconds,” CEO Jim Rebesco told Breaking Defense.
Just months after definitively confirming the purchase of new F-16 Block 70 fighters to modernize its Air Force, Peru is now moving forward with the selection of the electronic warfare…
Temperature could help the company overcome one of the main challenges to making quantum computing fault-tolerant and capable of operating at scale The post IBM creates "quantum fridge" almost 200…
The Orbital Clarity Challenge — the sixth in the NASA TechLeap Prize series — is a collaborative effort between NASA’s Heliophysics Division, Flight Opportunities program, and Center of Excellence…
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China Southern Airlines launched a new direct cargo service between Oslo Airport and Shanghai on 19 August. The route operates twice weekly with Boeing 777 freighters, offering approximately 100…
The 32-year old trespasser was arrested and is facing charges.
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