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Space.com • Wendy Whitman Cobb

Trump proposes U.S. Space Academy, raising questions over NASA–military boundaries

President Trump’s executive order envisions a U.S. Space Academy, but the proposal raises unresolved questions about its structure, mission and relationship with existing institutions. A central concern is whether the academy could blur the lines between NASA’s civilian role and the military’s space activities.

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2026-09-12T07:05:01.881414-07:00

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Flying Magazine • Tripp Thurston

FAA’s MOSAIC Rule Was Supposed to Fix Sport-Pilot Access

By Flying Magazine: While FAA has adapted to increase sport pilot privileges under new rule, the industry is going in a different direction.

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2026-09-12T05:05:17.361665-07:00

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AINonline • David Donald

General Atomics Pitches New Wildfire Drone For Reaper Replacement Program

By AINonline: GA-ASI Aims Wildfire at Reaper Replacement.

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2026-09-12T04:50:25.093176-07:00

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Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Military aircraft flight plan reportedly triggered UK air traffic control outage

By Air Data News: Anomalous flight-plan data preceded the NATS failure that caused widespread disruption flight plan associated with a British military aircraft reportedly triggered the air traffic control system failure that caused widespread disruption across the United Kingdom this week, according to the Financial Times .

Also: news.ssbcrack.com

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2026-09-11T23:51:29.790527-07:00

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Space.com • Julian Dossett

NASA, IBM launch new AI model for studying the moon

By Space.com: NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the mountains of data the agency has gathered about the moon.

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2026-09-12T03:05:03.588225-07:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

First HyPrSpace Baguette One Launch Slips to 2027

By European Spaceflight: HyPrSpace has delayed the inaugural flight of its Baguette One suborbital rocket to 2027, with launch planned from a French military test site.

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2026-09-11T22:36:03.859367-07:00

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Wall Street Journal • Anika Arora Seth, Shelby Holliday, Vera Bergengruen

U.S. Links Chinese Satellite Imagery to Iranian Strike That Killed Three Troops

By Wall Street Journal: Before Iran carried out its attack that killed three U.S. troops in July, Tehran acquired high-resolution satellite images of the base in Jordan from Chinese entities, according to U.S.

Also: Economic Times

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2026-09-11T23:51:13.426318-07:00

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