Delta Jet Climbs From 100 Feet After Unauthorized LaGuardia Takeoff
A Delta Connection regional jet pulled out of its LaGuardia Airport landing at roughly 100 feet after a private jet…
Aerospace & Spaceflight
NASA’s Swift Observatory Burns Up Over Sumatra After Nearly 22 Years
NASA’s 1,450-kilogram Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has largely burned up over North Sumatra, ending a mission that operated for nearly…
Study finds NASA’s Artemis II caused 3,100-mile disturbance disrupting GPS across America
About 3,100 miles: That is the reported length of an ionospheric disturbance produced by NASA’s Artemis II lunar-flyby mission. Researchers…
ExoMars Orbiter Links Gas Spikes and Fresh-Looking Fissures to Possible Volcanism
A European Space Agency orbiter has repeatedly detected hydrogen chloride near narrow, fresh-looking fissures around Alba Mons, raising the possibility…
Satellite Images Show Badly Damaged Su-57 in Russia’s 21-Jet Fleet
A heavily damaged Russian Su-57 fighter appears on scorched ground in commercial satellite imagery from Akhtubinsk airfield, potentially sidelining or…
Textron M-346N Becomes Only Bid Left for Navy Trainer Replacement
Textron Aviation Defense’s M-346N is the only submitted bid left in the U.S. Navy’s long-delayed effort to replace its T-45…
US Strikes Qeshm Island After Weeks of Undisclosed Attacks Near Hormuz
The United States struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Nov. 2, the latest in a series of smaller attacks conducted over…
£2.4 Billion Skynet Satellite Contract Remains Open Between Lockheed and Airbus
The UK faces a £2.4 billion choice between competing definitions of sovereign space capability. Four unnamed industry figures say a…
SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit, Deploys 26 Satellites Despite Three Engine Failures
SpaceX’s Starship has crossed an important threshold, but not cleanly. Test 14 reportedly reached low Earth orbit for the vehicle’s…
SpaceX Reportedly Seeks 80,000 Cell Sites for Nationwide Starlink Mobile Network
At least 80,000 U.S. cell sites: that is the reported leasing target behind SpaceX’s effort to turn Starlink Mobile into…
Learjet 60 Elevator Found 3.8 Miles From Fatal Florida Crash
A key pitch-control surface from a Learjet 60 was recovered in three pieces as far as 3.8 miles from the…
Starship Moon Plan Faces Estimates of Six to 22 Refuelings
SpaceX and NASA have a wide disagreement to resolve before Starship can carry astronauts toward a Moon landing: a calculation…
Three NASA Astronauts Cast Encrypted Midterm Ballots From Space Station
An ordinary county ballot had an extraordinary commute on November 3. NASA astronauts Anil Menon, Luke Delaney and Jessica Watkins…
Air Force Plans 149 F-15EX Fighters Through 2031, Seeks $2.66 Billion
149 fighters would give the F-15EX Eagle II a much larger place in the U.S. Air Force than its original…
Of Ukraine’s 34 to 39 F-16s, Fewer Than 10 Are Reportedly Flight-Worthy
Ukraine has received an estimated 34 to 39 used F-16 fighters, yet fewer than 10 are usually flight-worthy on a…
India Reportedly Nears $900 Million Boeing 767 Tanker Plan for 2030
India’s immediate refueling problem is six ageing Russian-built tankers, but the replacement now under discussion would not begin arriving until…
US Air Force Stores Last Three Super Tucanos After Brief Test Role
The US Air Force has retired its final three A-29 Super Tucanos, ending an attempt to repurpose aircraft connected to…
U.S. Approves $2.1 Billion Patriot Sale, but Missiles May Arrive in 2030s
A $2.1 billion approval does not put 500 Patriot interceptors in Ukraine’s launchers. The U.S. State Department has approved the…