On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here's why it mattered.
NASA funded an early-stage concept aiming to show new techniques for mapping minerals on the moon, asteroids or Martian moons.
A huge 10-sided atmospheric pattern has appeared around Saturn’s south pole, giving the planet a surprising counterpart to its famous northern hexagon. Hubble data suggest the strange decagon only began emerging in the past few years and is still growing stronger. Researchers hope continued observations will reveal why it suddenly formed and whether it could persist for decades.
ScienceDaily3 Sept
A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa A year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself “Why us?” I have come to the conclusion that the American public had very little idea of what we were doing and why. Doge, the “department of government efficiency” , began its work in January 2025, with USAID as its first target, in a reckless campaign that even Elon Musk has said he would not repeat . At that moment of chaos, Americans lacked the knowledge that could contradict the false narrative presented by Musk , who called the agency a “criminal organisation” and “a viper’s nest of radical left-marxists who hate America”. Continue reading...
The Guardian•Jeremiah A Carew1 Sept
US President Donald Trump has launched an effort to create a NASA-led federal academy to train astronauts, engineers,…
AeroTime•Stephen Pope31 Aug
The Justice Department and FBI have seized the domains behind QScan and QTRouter, two platforms run by China state-sponsored hackers whose victims include NASA, the Federal Reserve, and the US Senate. Court documents identify the operators as a group called QTFY, employed by Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company. Court Filings Point to a Chinese Contractor
BeInCrypto•Kamina Bashir27 Aug
NASA program will connect schools, employers and training programs over the next three years.
AVweb•Matt Ryan21 Aug
The 13-year-old 737-700 spent years as a classified USAF flying testbed before being transferred to NASA for a very different role
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier19 Aug
NASA published images showing the crater left on the Moon by a spent SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage, and put the feature…
AeroTime•Clement Charpentreau19 Aug
The Boeing 737-700, formerly operated as N712JM, spent years as a secretive U.S. Air Force flying testbed, and is now becoming NASA’s new reduced-gravity research aircraft with the registration N837NA. NASA has unveiled on Aug. 13, 2026, its newest reduced-gravity research aircraft, which will support the Artemis program to validate astronaut lunar suits and associated […]
The Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso17 Aug
November event will combine an airshow, aerospace technology displays and public access to parts of Kennedy Space Center.
AVweb•Matt Ryan17 Aug
America's 250th anniversary has transformed US aviation into a moving celebration, with special airline and NASA aircraft creating a unique 2026 fleet
A NASA WB-57F Canberra arrived in Iceland, from where it will depart on Aug. 12 to fly in the path of the solar eclipse. A NASA WB-57F Canberra arrived at Keflavík Airport in Iceland on Aug. 10, 2026. Flying as ‘NASA926’, the aircraft departed from Ellington Field, Texas, on Aug. 9, and made a stop […]
The Aviationist•Stefano D'Urso10 Aug
NASA's SR-71 Laser Air Data Sensor (LADS) experiments were ahead of their time, but could prove to have an influence on the F-47's design.
The Flight Dynamics Research Facility will support free-flight and mounted testing of aircraft, spacecraft and drone models.
AVweb•Matt Ryan31 JulThe simulation examined a 1-to-3 supervision model on Bay Area IFR routes.
AVweb•Matt Ryan31 JulWisk Aero, an autonomous aviation company, announced the successful completion of a simulation conducted in collaboration with NASA. The collaboration evaluated whether a single ground-based supervisor, such as Wisk’s Multi-Vehicle Supervisor (MVSor), can effectively manage three autonomous aircraft simultaneously, operating alongside traditional air traffic while Air Traffic Control (ATC) uses existing tools and procedures. This
GE Aerospace is the first engine manufacturer to operate a hybrid-electric propulsion system at high altitude. Working with NASA, Beta Technologies and Boeing, the engine maker successfully flew the hybrid-electric engine above 30,000 feet on May 20 for more than two hours, a GE Aerospace spokesperson told Cargo Facts. The hybrid-electric powerplant was installed on […]
Exploring the final mission of the iconic Blackbird.
A joint U.S.-Russian crew has safely returned to Earth after spending 241 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS), landing by Soyuz spacecraft in Kazakhstan on Sunday. NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev touched down by parachute near Dzhezkazgan following their eight-month mission. The flight marked the first space […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban26 Jul