Aviation and space news
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August 24, 2026
NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman is seen in the two-seat IndyCar as he prepares for driver Conor Daly to take him on a lap ahead of the start of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix…
On 24 August, around 10:00, a Hungarian Air Force JAS-39 Gripen C fighter jet crashed at Szolnok Air Base, located about a hundred kilometres southeast of…
SALT LAKE CITY – The Aerospace Corp. is continuing to demonstrate the viability of pancake-shaped DiskSats in the wake of their December launch on a Rocket Lab Electron. “It’s the […] The post…
A 320-metre oblique impact can reproduce Deimos's giant polar cavity while redistributing debris across the moon, implying an extremely weak and porous interior. The post Deimos may owe both its…
Description This roof-mounted air sensor in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, is one of 10 used by NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) to study the city’s air quality. MAIA’s air…
A new study suggests that the formation of Earth is not the result of chance. According to the research, the opposite is in fact almost true: what would have been strange…
When Flexjet recently reached out asking if I would like to tour their first Gulfstream G500 (N200FX), how could I refuse? I tried to act cool, but of course I was giddy to have the opportunity to…
Description This map of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, shows the locations of 10 air sensors that NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) mission is using to provide one of the most…
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call today, August 24, to discuss bilateral matters and…
Britain is releasing classified data to enable local production, which opens the door to a slew of advantages for Ukraine. The post Storm Shadow Cruise Missile Production Is Coming To Ukraine…
The new 120 m² area at Belo Horizonte's international airport has workstations, internet, power outlets, water and coffee
Israeli carrier intending to use A330s for New York service. Israeli leisure carrier Israir has obtained US FAA clearance to open services to North America, following previous approval from its home…
Amy, a student pilot in Texas, writes: Why is UTC time called Zulu? I’m not wrapping my head around where the “Z” comes from.
It has also conducted a keel laying ceremony for the first Hunter-class frigate
Latam Cargo transported eight tigers and seven lions on a dedicated charter flight from Buenos Aires to Denver. The flight, operated with a Boeing 767F, made a technical…
Germany advanced the development of a new air defense concept with the maiden flight of the Cobra 600, a jet-powered drone designed to carry and launch IRIS-T air-to-air missiles…
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Royal Air Maroc Cargo has launched a new direct cargo service between Casablanca (CMN) and Los Angeles (LAX), creating the only direct air cargo link between Africa and the U.S. West Coast operated…
Moorpark Campus Will Bring Five Southern California Locations Together And Positions AV For Its Next Era of Growth ARLINGTON, Va. – August 24, 2026 – AeroVironment, Inc. (“AV”) (NASDAQ: AVAV), a…
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SpaceX will set a new rocket-reuse record early Tuesday morning (Aug. 25), on its 100th Falcon 9 flight of the year. You can watch the action live.
Deutsche Bahn has initiated a complete closure of the heavily used rail line between Düsseldorf main station and Köln-Mülheim. Over a period of two weeks…
Cut off one head and two grow back — at least for the Hydra of legend. In the TU Berlin aircraft concept of the same name, the drivetrain can be easily swapped out. This…
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As part of an exercise held at the Grafenwöhr Training Area, the US Army used live ammunition while operating its new 8×8 ICVVA1-30mm wheeled armored vehicles, assigned to the 2nd Regiment…
For years, humpback whales have been mysteriously intervening in orca hunts to save animals they'll never meet again—a pattern so bizarre that marine biologists are still searching for a plausible…
The Swiss company Zurich Airport Ltd. announced this Monday, August 24, that it will sell its indirect minority stake in the company that operates the International Airport of…
A United Airlines trans-Atlantic flight bound for New York made an emergency diversion to London Heathrow on Monday after encountering a technical issue mid-flight. LONDON — United Airlines Flight…
Service could start as soon as October.
“İ-ZAHA [is] designed to take the crew out of the first wave which is the highest-risk phase of any amphibious assault and to operate as part of a manned-unmanned team (MUM-T) with the Marine…
The Solar System had nine planets – until Pluto was reclassified, on August 24, 2006, in a controversial decision. The post Pluto guide: 20 years after…
NASA announced Aug. 19 that the Katalyst Space LINK spacecraft built to boost the aging Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will still rendezvous with the telescope but won’t raise its orbit, after an…
In a surprise move, the US Navy revealed it is testing a new long-range air-to-air missile to arm its F-35 Lightning II, F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters, and the future F/A-XX from…
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