SpaceNews.com
• Jeff Foust
More than two months after NASA announced revised plans for Artemis 3, the agency has provided limited specifics on the mission itself. The lack of updated publicly described objectives and configuration follows prior Artemis roadmap changes and continued decision-making as the lunar program’s timeline moves.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has outlined how the federal government is working with airlines to help passengers and crew members who have been left stranded after Spirit Airlines suddenly collapsed in the early hours of Saturday, grounding all flights with immediate effect.
Aviation Week
• Robert Wall
By Aviation Week: Ukraine says it has struck a facility housing Russian Su-57 fighters and Su-34 fighter bombers.
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Space.com
• Mike Wall
By Space.com: SpaceX will launch 45 satellites to orbit from California early Sunday morning (May 3), and you can watch the action live.
The National UAE
• The National
By The National UAE: General Civil Aviation Authority said temporary restrictions in place owing to Iran war have Headphones Play/Pause English Play/Pause Arabic Bookmark The UAE's General Civil Aviation Authority on Saturday announced the full resumption of air traffic operations in the country.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: Spirit’s planes and slots will soon be up for sale and slots at places like Fort Lauderdale and LaGuardia could see high demand.
Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: An air traffic controller at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport made a moving tribute to the pilots of Spirit Airlines flight NK-1833 from Detroit, after realizing that the flight was to be the last ever flight of the ultra-low-cost carrier to land after it went into liquidation in the early hours of Saturday.
Skift
• Jay Shabat, Meghna Maharishi, Seth Borko
By Skift: Airlines The End of Spirit Airlines: Live Analysis Meghna Maharishi , Jay Shabat , and Seth Borko May 1st, 2026 at 3:28 PM EDT Skift Take The end of Spirit may not be the end of an era so much as the beginning of a reckoning.
The War Zone
• Ian Ellis-Jones, Tyler Rogoway
FlightGlobal
• Ryan Finnerty
