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NASA Spaceflight • Ryan Weber

SpaceX targets first Starship double catch, attempting to recover both rocket stages on Nov. 13

SpaceX plans to use Starship’s 15th test flight to attempt a first: catching both the Super Heavy booster and the spacecraft with launch-tower arms. The mission would extend the vehicle’s recovery approach beyond the booster and test a key step toward reusable operations for the full launch system.

Space.com • Mike Wall

Watch SpaceX attempt a historic Starship launch and double-catch landing today (Nov. 13)

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2026-11-12T20:55:33.349778-08:00

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ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

FLYINGGROUP adds Netherlands' first Falcon 6X

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2026-11-12T21:55:33.733325-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

GAO highlights slipshod nature of F-35 parts management

By FlightGlobal: Government Accountability Office report comes weeks after F-35 parts being transported from Australia to the USA vanished in Hong Kong.

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2026-11-12T23:19:25.444113-08:00

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

Kenya Airways owes state $940mn as second-largest debtor

By ch-aviation: Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) owed the Kenyan government KES122.95 billion (USD940 million) as of June 30, 2026, making it the country's second-largest debtor among state corporations after Kenya Railways Corporation, according to the National Treasury's Annual Public Debt Management Report for FY2025/26.

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2026-11-12T23:05:08.855999-08:00

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Reuters • Julie Zhu, Rozanna Latiff

Malaysia weighing how to aid AirAsia without risking public funds, ex-minister says

By Reuters: Malaysia is weighing how to support AirAsia without risking public funds and will not simply pump money into the private airline, said Anthony Loke, who resigned this week as ‌the nation's transport minister.

Also: CNA

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2026-11-12T21:28:33.415895-08:00

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ch-aviation • Vanja Popovic

France’s Chalair to grow ATR72 fleet, mulls more ACMI

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2026-11-12T21:05:04.131796-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Greg Waldron

ANA parent invests in Japanese space construction firm

By FlightGlobal: Technology will help create structures in space uninhibited by the constraints of rocket fairings. All Nippon Airways parent ANA Holdings has made in investment in Space Quarters, which is developing new space construction technologies.

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2026-11-12T21:19:15.415143-08:00

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Bloomberg • Danny Lee

Air New Zealand Calls For Faster Approval of Premium Cabin Seats

By Bloomberg: Air New Zealand Ltd. has called for industrywide change to how aviation safety agencies approve aircraft interior designs, which is adding to already lengthy delays in deliveries of new planes.

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2026-11-12T21:04:46.489367-08:00

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