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NASA Spaceflight • Alejandro Alcantarilla Romera, Chris Bergin

NASA details Artemis progress across commercial lunar landers, surface habitats and SLS/Orion hardware

NASA’s latest Artemis updates span commercial robotic lunar landers, technology demonstrations for future surface habitats, and hardware development for the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft. The agency’s progress report provides a cross-program view of preparations for Artemis III and subsequent missions to the Moon.

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2026-08-09T07:48:28.761095-07:00

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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Air Traffic Controllers Slam Sean Duffy Over Claims That Sick Calls Are to Blame For Continued Disruption Across the Northeast

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Air traffic controllers have slammed Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s claims that high rates of controller sick calls have led to days of delays and disruption across the Northeast, saying that “patently false” allegations have been made against overworked and understaffed staffers who oversee the busiest and.

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2026-08-09T08:15:35.807961-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

How the USAF turned collaborative combat aircraft into a wartime priority

By Air Data News: The first production YFQ-44A and the start of FQ-42A manufacturing illustrate how quickly the Air Force is fielding U.S.

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2026-08-09T03:30:46.918361-07:00

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Space.com • Julian Dossett

Exploring 'very low Earth orbit': The world's 1st air-breathing satellite thruster could soon get a test run

By Space.com: Air-breathing electric propulsion could help satellites explore a new frontier, one that lies quite close to our planet.

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2026-08-09T07:02:25.748326-07:00

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NBC News • Shayna Jacobs

Delta flight evacuates via slides after emergency landing on Atlanta taxiway

By NBC News: Passengers aboard an Orlando-bound Delta flight had to evacuate via slide after the aircraft made an emergency landing on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport shortly after takeoff Saturday morning.

View from the Wing

Delta Passengers Were Told To Brace For Return To Atlanta After Cockpit Fumes, Then Evacuated Down Slides

Simple Flying

199 Delta Passengers Evacuate Smoke-Filled Boeing 757 Down Slides On Atlanta Taxiway

Also: Aviation24, AeroTime, Aviation24 and aeroxplorer.com

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2026-08-08T11:51:05.755463-07:00

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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Flight Attendant Injured After Pilots of Jetstar Plane Slam On Brakes to Avoid Qatar Airways Boeing 777 While Taxiing at Sydney Airport

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: A flight attendant was injured early on Sunday morning at Sydney International Airport (SYD) after the pilots of a Jetstar plane taxiing for departure were forced to slam on the brakes to avoid colliding with a Qatar Airways Boeing 777, which was under tug to a remote parking position.

Reuters

Australia probes near-miss collision of two planes on tarmac at Sydney airport

One Mile at a Time

Jetstar A320 & Qatar Airways 777 Nearly Collide On Sydney Airport Taxiway

Also: Aviation A2Z, Simple Flying, aeroxplorer.com, The Independent, Economic Times, Aviation Safety Network and CNA

12 Sources

2026-08-08T20:01:25.961164-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Canada sells 10 retired Hercules transports for firefighting conversion

By Air Data News: The conditional sale was announced during the Abbotsford International Airshow, several months after the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) retired its fleet of 12 CC-130Hs.

Also: c-130.net

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2026-08-09T04:45:35.383104-07:00

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Aviation Source • Len Varley

Allegiant Posts Strong Q2 Results After Sun Country Acquisition

By Aviation Source: Allegiant Travel Company reported solid second-quarter 2026 financial results despite higher fuel costs, following the recent Sun Country acquisition.

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2026-08-08T23:30:45.929225-07:00

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