Now It's A MechaSpace Race: China Wants To Put AI Data Centers In Space, Too
This combines two of the most important races the countries are engaged in, the space race and the AI race.
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After November Crash, UPS Sends All Of Its Ancient MD-11 Planes Into Not-So-Early Retirement
These elderly aircraft were already slated to be pulled out of the air in the next few years anyway; it's now obvious that they should have been pulled already.
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Two F-15s Refuse To Retire, Join NASA's Quesst For Civilian Supersonic Instead
Not content to watch these young whippersnapper planes take all the glory, the F-15s will be kitted out with sensory and data collection gear.
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It Wasn't The Pilots: NTSB Says The Black Hawk-Airliner Crash Was Due To FAA Failures
The NTSB accuses the FAA of a wide range of mistakes, both in the long, intermediate, and immediate term before the crash.
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Blue Origin Plans TeraWave Satellite Internet Service 6,000 Times Faster Than Starlink Will Be
That amazing improvement will come courtesy of two major departures from Starlink's model.
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Congress Saves NASA From Trump's Proposed Budget Cuts, Fully Funds Agency And Its Science Missions
Did we avert the crisis? Getting funding again is nice, but a lot of damage has already been done.
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Government Realizes That Throwing Money At Air Traffic Control Is A Good Idea, Funds More Hiring And Pay Raises
That 3.8% raise for air traffic controllers is strangely conditional: the FAA administrator gets to decide whether or not to pay it out,
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Boeing Knew About The UPS Plane's Problem Long Before The Fatal Crash In November
Unfortunately, we're going to continue seeing aging aircraft in our skies for a long while.
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China Just Applied To Launch 200,000 Satellites, Over Ten Times More Than Even Exist Right Now
It won't be long until the night (and day!) sky is covered with satellites, which will be a whole new world for us here on Earth.
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Boeing Finally Overtakes Airbus In Annual Sales Again
Boeing seems to finally be pulling out of its years-long nosedive.
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Now Ukrainian Drones Are Taking Out The Riders (But Not The Horses) Of Russian Cavalry, What Century Am I In?
In strict military terms, what the Russians are deploying are probably closer to dragoons than proper cavalry.
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Air Travel Boomed To A 15-Year High As Air Traffic Control Buckled
The FAA announced that 2025 was the busiest year for U.S. air travel since 2010, handling 17.2 million flights versus a mere 7.0 million flights in 2020.
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SpaceX Was Over Half Of All Orbital Rocket Launches Worldwide In 2025
What a year for SpaceX, and what a year for space.
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Now NASA Is Closing Its Biggest Library, Some Of Which Could Be Lost Forever [Update]
At the start of 2022, the space agency had eleven libraries; as of Friday, it's now down to just three.
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FCC Bans Sale Of All Foreign Drones In The U.S.
If foreign drones get banned, why wouldn't all these bad guys just buy American drones instead? It's not clear how the prohibition solves the purported problem.
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Scientists Find 26 Whole New Bacteria Species In NASA's Supposedly Sterile Cleanrooms Which Could Invade Mars
Yes, zombie creatures from another world could indeed land on a defenseless planet, but in a twist, it's the Earthlings who would be the invaders.
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After January Crash, Military Helicopters Can Once Again Fly In Washington, D.C. Without Tracking Technology (Except Maybe They Can't)
Well, Cruz and Cantwell did catch the provision before the NDAA passed, but too late to stop it.
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The Biggest Satellite Ever Just Reached Low-Earth Orbit, And It's Coming For Starlink
The BlueBird 6 from Texas-based AST SpaceMobile comes in at a full 2,400 square feet, or about the size of a three-bedroom apartment.
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What Does Jared Isaacman, NASA's New Administrator, Have Planned For The Beleaguered Agency?
After an initial failure to launch, billionaire Jared Isaacman has finally been confirmed as the new administrator for NASA
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Genius Boeing 737 Pilot Escalates Pay Dispute By Barricading Cockpit, Refusing To Fly Passengers
This particular pilot informed his passengers over the intercom that he wanted his money: "This plane isn't leaving until they pay us what they owe us."
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Fare Thee Well, 3I/ATLAS: The Interstellar Comet Has Come As Close As It Ever Will
Last Friday, the interstellar comet designated 3I/ATLAS completed its closest approach to Earth without crashing into us or depositing an invading armada.
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Starlink Almost Had An In-Orbit Collision With A Chinese-Launched Satellite, And It's Only Getting Worse From Here
In space terms, they basically high-fived. It could have been so much worse.
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Pentagon Catches Up To Iran In Drone Arms Race By Just Copying It
The United States military, the best funded armed force in the world, is in a desperate race to catch up to the technological powerhouse... Iran?
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Space Force Uses Magic: The Gathering-Style Cards To Announce The War Names For Its Satellites
You've really got to see the cards to believe them.
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FAA Chooses Defense Company Without Civilian Flight Experience To Overhaul Air Traffic Control
According to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Peraton won out by submitting an "innovative approach" that would accelerate the timeline if successful.
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Satellite Constellations May Ruin Up To 96% Of Astronomy Pictures Even From Telescopes In Space
NASA's report, published in Nature, predicts that around 40% of all Hubble images will have at least one satellite streak in them.
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Air India Totally Forgot It Owned A Plane, Now Owes 13 Years Of Parking Fees
Ever forget that you own an entire cargo airliner, leaving it to rust in a corner of an airport racking up 13 years of parking fees? We've all been there!
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