Aviation and space news
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August 26, 2026
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded contracts on Wednesday to Muon Space, Orbital Micro Systems doing business as (DBA) Weather Stream, and Spire Global to develop new…
A pilot escaped with minor injuries after a Cirrus SR22 caught fire in flight and descended beneath its… The post Pilot survives as burning Cirrus SR22 descends under parachute appeared first on…
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US Navy aircraft carriers Aircraft carriers are the centerpiece of America’s Naval forces – the most adaptable and survivable airfields in the world. US Navy flat tops support and operate aircraft…
A geomagnetic storm could hit Earth this week, pushing the northern lights farther south than usual. The post Solar storm could push the aurora borealis farther south…
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Swiss is investigating the Boeing 777-300ER that had to divert to the Azores on Tuesday (25 August), en route from Chicago to Zurich, due to a sharp smell in the economy cabin. Flight…
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.
Just days after a major NATO spy-plane deployment around Kaliningrad, the Russian Navy announced that it had carried out anti-aircraft exercises in…
Rusty Eichorn submitted this photo with a note: "As always, I like the bad stuff to stay across the lake. This was at the Northbound Seaplane Base (5MN6) in Grand Rapids, Minnesota."
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.
The company presented its schedule for the 2027 summer season at the Business Meeting held today with strategic partners and high-value clients. The offer includes…
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…
Wingo announced a new international route between Bogotá and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, starting November 6, with two weekly flights…
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…
The new terminal at Salta International Airport was inaugurated today and will begin operating the following day, August 27, becoming one of the most modern in the country. The terminal already…
In April 2025, Greece let it be known that it was very interested in the two second-hand multi-mission frigates [FREMM] that Italy was then preparing to put on the market, after having notified the…
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…
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