Project HARP Reached 180 Kilometers but Never Became a Satellite Launcher
Project HARP’s giant gun could throw a scientific projectile far above the conventional boundary of space, but it could not…
Aerospace & Spaceflight
Astronomers Identify WD J1330+6435 as First Green-Appearing Star
Sodium in a dead star’s atmosphere removes so much orange light that the remaining spectrum peaks near green. That filtering…
Uranus Emits 13% More Energy Than It Absorbs, Study Finds
Uranus is not the heatless world it once appeared to be. A 2025 analysis found that the planet emits about…
Starshield Restrictions Don’t Prove U.S. Control of 500,000 Canadian Starlink Connections
About 500,000 Canadians use Starlink, many of them in remote areas where conventional broadband can be limited. Restrictions reported on…
Report Says Musk Ordered Starlink Limits That Blocked Ukrainian Drone Interceptors
A satellite-network setting became an immediate readiness constraint in Ukraine on October 13, when SpaceX limited some military-grade connectivity without…
Report: Musk Ordered Starlink Speed Cap That Hobbled Ukrainian Drones
Elon Musk ordered a speed cap on SpaceX satellite connections used by Ukraine, leaving some connected drones virtually inoperable, The…
Ukraine Says 25 F-16s Are Grounded as Drone Flights Strain Maintenance
Ukraine’s F-16s are contributing to the country’s defense against jet-powered drones, but the pace of those flights is also reducing…
Boeing Opens F-15EX Factory and Flight as Production Continues
The access is still notable. Fighter assembly lines are tightly controlled workplaces, and flights involving people outside the military and…
NASA Tracks El Niño With 83% Chance of Strongest Since 1950
NASA satellites are measuring a major reorganization of the Pacific Ocean as NOAA gives the developing 2026 El Niño an…
NASA’s Orion Trajectory Change Cut Heat-Shield Char-Loss Spots From 103 to Nine
NASA found nine areas of char loss on Orion’s heat shield after the crewed Artemis II mission, down from 103…
Lockheed’s More Maneuverable Patriot Interceptor Won’t Start Testing Until 2027
Patriot operators face missiles capable of making harder-to-predict maneuvers, but Lockheed Martin’s proposed answer remains years from possible deployment. The…
Boeing Wins Both Future Crewed Fighter Contracts, Concentrating Pentagon Risk
Boeing now holds the development contracts for both future U.S. crewed fighters: the Air Force’s F-47 and the Navy’s F/A-XX….
Flydubai Captain Says He Blocked Axe Blows During 16,000-Foot Plunge
Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar says he freed himself from his seat belts, raised his left arm against axe blows aimed…
U.S. Navy Has 11 Carriers, but Repairs Keep Some Sidelined
The U.S. Navy had 11 commissioned aircraft carriers as of October 2026, but that number is an inventory count not…
Lufthansa Retires Last Airbus A340-600 After 23 Years of Service
One of the longest passenger jets ever built has completed its last scheduled flight for the airline that operated more…
Delta Connection Jet Pulls Up at 100 Feet as Unauthorized Takeoff Crosses Path
A Delta Connection regional jet descended to about 100 feet above a LaGuardia Airport runway before its pilots pulled up…
Navy’s $16.7 Million Super Hornet Shutdown Plans for 2040s Support
The U.S. Navy is paying Boeing $16,667,607 to close the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler production lines without discarding…
Senators Seek Pentagon Probe After Starlink Restrictions Disrupted Ukraine Defense Systems
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants the Pentagon’s inspector general to determine who imposed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starlink and…