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August 24, 2026
“Over the past five months, the teams have really been able to hone their skills based on the work they’re doing inside of a live environment and I think we’re getting better and better every day…
The family of a much-loved Southwest Airlines flight attendant who fell to her death from the balcony of her room at a layover hotel in Hawaii suspects that either foul play was behind the tragedy…
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A daring mission will attempt to reach and save a key astrophysics observatory in low Earth orbit. The post Mission Launches to Rescue Swift Observatory (Updated) appeared first on Sky & Telescope .
NBC 15 reports: Backlash over data centers has become a central issue in the upcoming midterms as Americans on both sides of the aisle are becoming more resistant to having them built in their…
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U.S. Space Command ran 225 people from 91 companies through a tabletop exercise on maneuver warfare in June, the second of four in a series Gen. Stephen Whiting modeled on the 1941 Louisiana…
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The Airbus A321XLR is progressively gaining ground in airline networks, especially on transatlantic routes, according to a new EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence analysis…
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TAP Air Portugal set its flight schedule to Valencia, with a stopover in Guadeloupe due to the shutdown at Maiquetía.
TAP Air Portugal has set its flight schedule to Valencia, with a technical stop in Guadeloupe due to Maiquetía's inactivity.
The weapons will go towards Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway under an EU program known as EDIRPA.
Ascento Guard Dori USA v1 joins a growing list of UAS exempted from the FCC Covered List through the federal Conditional Approval process. The Federal Communications Commission has updated its…
Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) is advancing the certification process for the E2TS, a technology developed by Embraer for the E190-E2 and E195-E2 models that allows automating…
China demonstrated its growing ability to project air power over long distances by sending J-16 fighters to Egypt to take part in the joint military exercise Eagles of Civilization 2026. The…
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An attorney suing American Airlines alleges that a passenger assaulted him on Flight AA-2290 and that crew members focused on his buddy pass status instead of helping him. The post American Airlines…
SpaceX plans to retire its workhorse Falcon 9 once it gets the next-gen Starship megarocket online. But what will removing one of the most-flown rockets in history do to the current launch market?
From the 40th SmallSat Conference in Salt Lake City, Alex Drossler, VP of Dedicated Launch Operations at SEOPS, joins Daniela Jovic to unveil the company's new Waymaker and Darkstar SpaceX rideshare…
Earlier this morning, the Russian Navy announced that the frigate Admiral Kasatonov has returned to its home port in the city of Severomorsk (located in the oblast of…
As the 2026 Small Satellite Conference in Salt Lake City gets underway an ongoing trend continues, small satellites are getting bigger, at least on average. The post Small satellites keep getting…
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The credit structure links the interest rate to the company's carbon emission reduction results.
The credit structure ties the interest rate to the company's carbon emissions reduction performance.
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Description NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used its Mastcam-Z camera to capture the silhouette of Phobos, one of the two Martian moons, as it crossed in front of the Sun on Aug. 12, 2026, the…
Tom Maugeri submitted this photo and note: "Flying over the Finger Lakes in upstate New York on a nice summer evening, returning from dinner."
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped…
As expected after the previous vote, the majority of Airbus employees in Spain have voted in favour of an indefinite strike starting 25 August. There has been…
ABC finds nearly all drone-using respondents rely primarily on DJI, highlighting the challenge of shifting to alternative platforms by DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magil As the U.S. government puts…
Somon Air has operated the route between Dushanbe and Munich nonstop in both directions since August 15. This is made possible by the use of a Boeing 737 Max 8. Previously, the…
A Saab JAS-39C Gripen fighter jet of the Hungarian Air Force suffered an accident this Monday morning (24th) near Szolnok, in central Hungary. The pilot managed to eject and…
August 24, 2026: Robinson Helicopter Company has won the fiercely contested US Army tender. US Army helicopter pilots will henceforth conduct their basic practical training on the…
Two astronauts will exit the International Space Station on Tuesday and conduct a spacewalk to finish installing a high-speed space-to-ground antenna. The duo completed final spacewalk preparations…
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, is seen in the two-seat IndyCar as he prepares for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap in the fastest seat in sport ahead of the start of the…
Training conducted in the Eastern Amazon reinforces traditional shooting and observation skills, but persistent aerial surveillance, thermal sensors and the integration between drones…
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