Aviation and space news
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August 26, 2026
TDW Gesellschaft für verteidigungstechnische Wirksysteme mbH, a subsidiary of MBDA Deutschland, has demonstrated in a test trial the effect of the warhead system for the new loitering munition…
I intend to keep publishing, as often as possible, texts that speak beautifully about something as lovely as aviation, forgetting, at least for a while, the ugly side, which no doubt, sometimes…
The new head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), David Cummins, revealed that the Gold+ public-private partnership program for airport security will be abandoned…
You can catch the partial lunar eclipse live online here with these free livestreams starting at 9:23 p.m. EDT (0123 GMT).
The North American aerospace company SpaceX unveiled on Tuesday its project to build a spaceport in Louisiana, from where it plans to launch its giant Starship rocket and…
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…
Air Algérie continues its return to Berlin in the 2026/27 winter schedule as well, though it changes the routing. From October 31, the Algerian airline will fly once weekly to…
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…
The Aravalli engine will power the helicopter that replaces India’s long-serving Mi-17s. Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) and Safran Helicopter Engines have entered a contract their Indian joint venture…
The Council of Ministers held this Tuesday has authorized the signing of the Framework Agreement for the joint Spain-Poland acquisition of Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft. The value…
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…
Korean Air will open a daily route between Seoul-Incheon and Hiroshima from 23 December 2026, operated with an Airbus A321neo.
A power outage triggered a large-scale police operation at Paderborn/Lippstadt Airport overnight on 24 August 2026. The loss of electrical power caused the doors to unlock…
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…
An excavation carried out near one of the pipelines of the NATO POL North Italy system was discovered in Vezzano Ligure, province of La Spezia, triggering an investigation by…
Tianwen-2 has reached a fast-spinning asteroid that Webb estimates at only 18 plus or minus 2 metres wide, just as new spectra and models reopen its proposed lunar origin. The post China’s Tianwen‑2…
The fastest star in the Milky Way orbits so close to our supermassive black hole that it perceives its rotation. Astronomers have discovered…
NOEMI Aerospace has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Indian seaplane operator SkyHop Aviation for the potential introduction of up to 15 NOEMI amphibious aircraft in India. Under the…
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…
The plan to replace TSA agents across the US is being scaled back and rebranded.
Dolly Parton died on 25 August 2026 in Nashville, at age 80. With her passes one of the…
Avcon Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Butler National Corporation, has delivered the first King Air B200 aircraft modified for specialised mosquito-control missions. The aircraft modification…
French Polynesia's government submitted a proposal to the overseas territory's assembly for financial support to airline Air Tahiti Nui. Planned is…
The National Military Command Center notified the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations (IGSU), which issued an RO-Alert message at 07:31 to warn residents of the area about…
From Monday 7 September to Friday 25 September 2026. During this period, laser beam emissions are planned every day around the clock except weekends. Hence the creation of six restricted…
Urban noise is reshaping how animals communicate, with Berlin's nightingales demonstrating that evolution doesn't wait for generations—it happens in real time. The post Berlin’s nightingales turn up…
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