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August 25, 2026

The United States has removed Syria from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and moved to lift… The post US lifts key Syrian aviation restrictions after terror-list removal appeared first on…

Addressing simulation bottlenecks in complex flight dynamics modeling, aerospace engineering firm a.i. solutions launched FreeFlyer 8 on August 25, 2026. Unveiled at the Small Satellite Conference…

Avianca will gradually resume its flights to Pereira from Wednesday, August 26, after Colombia's Civil Aeronautics Authority certified the technical and safety conditions for the reopening…

The James Webb Space Telescope is expected to reveal the atmospheric composition of exoplanets near the Solar System, as well as discoveries about cosmology…

Jetblue opens its second Blue House lounge on August 27. It is located in Terminal C at Boston Logan Airport and covers about 1,115 square meters. The amenities include a central…
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Elon Musk's SpaceX announced plans Tuesday to build a $100 billion facility in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana to launch its anticipated Starship megarockets, currently being developed at the…

Mission accomplished for Sophie Adenot and Anil Menon on August 25. Despite an issue with the Frenchwoman's spacesuit at the end of the spacewalk, the two astronauts…

The indefinite strike by Airbus workers in Spain formally began this Tuesday. The measure…

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — On-orbit checkouts of the Tranche 1 Space Development Agency (SDA) satellites launched in July are progressing much faster than previous plane launches, SDA Director Dr…

NASA astronaut Anil Menon and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 2:57 p.m. EDT.

BETHESDA, Md. — Lockheed Martin’s venture capital fund is increasingly interested in technology focused on defense, its general manager said today. “A lot of our investments, I’d say 90% plus, are…

Aeroméxico will operate a new direct route between Mexico City and Milan from March 2027 using Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Continue reading The post Aeroméxico announces new…

With the Hawk production line closed, the UK may have to leverage US/Swedish, Italian, or Korean aircraft designs for its next trainer.

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A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III (U.S. Air Force, no IATA code) flew from Riga International Airport (RIX) to Moscow Vnukovo International Airport (VKO), an unusually direct military movement…

Zona Militar attended the opening ceremony of the continental “Fuerzas Comando 2026” competition, held at the “Héroes del Chaco” training grounds of the…

ACT’s final microwave-background measurements reinforce the 13.8-billion-year age, while Rajendra Gupta’s 26.7-billion-year result depends on a hybrid tired-light model and changing physical…

SpaceX will build a spaceport on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast designed for 10 Starship launch pads, the company and Gov. Jeff Landry announced Tuesday in Abbeville, the seat of Vermilion Parish. The post…

Last Saturday Ronaldinho flew aboard a Saab 340B aircraft of Italian airline AIRIDEA from Forlì to Milan Malpensa. In Ravenna for the presentation, the famous footballer had arrived…
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Air India has requested a fresh capital injection of approximately $1.5 billion from its owners,…

Company says $100 billion project could eventually support thousands of launches annually.

Dark matter continues to challenge astronomers as they work to solve the mystery of this so-far-unseen material that permeates the Universe. It's not that the stuff doesn't exist. It does, but we…

2nd Lt. Leah A. Borsich, an Air Force civil engineer, was among the eight people killed when a contractor plane crashed near a remote Alaskan radar site last week, officials announced Aug. 24. The…

64 light-years from Earth, HD 189733b has winds of thousands of km/h and a silicate-rich atmosphere, measured by telescopes such as Hubble and James Webb…

United Airlines announces ten new international destinations for 2027, new routes in Europe and Asia, and expanded use of the Airbus A321XLR

NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley invites media to learn more about NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, scheduled to launch Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, from NASA’s Kennedy…

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Learning to See Sharper: Deep Learning for Astronomical Data Enhancement. Speaker: Shoubaneh Hemmati The post Galaxies SIG Seminar, 8 Sept 2026 appeared first on NASA Science .

United Airlines will launch 10 new international routes starting in 2027, expanding service to destinations across Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

The entry into force of the bilateral defense cooperation agreement paves the way to deepen ties between the two countries' industries. Armored vehicles, drones, aviation, missiles and systems…