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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA’s 2028 crunch: Artemis, SR-1 and robotic lunar landings face program shake-up

In his first months as NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman has shaken up several of the agency’s key programs, with Artemis, the SR-1 mission and robotic lunar landings all facing a 2028 imperative. The available reporting identifies the programs but provides no further detail on the changes or their schedules.

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2026-11-03T04:10:39.478157-08:00

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Bloomberg • Tom Giles, Yazhou Sun

Shield AI CEO Says Planning At Least $1 Billion Raise, More M&A

By Bloomberg: Defense startup Shield AI plans to raise more than $1 billion to fund the production of its latest autonomous fighter jet, Chief Executive Officer Gary Steele said.

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2026-11-03T05:11:03.085402-08:00

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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Delta Air Lines CEO Cranks Up Heat On Heathrow Airport With Threat to Take Legal Action Over Controversial Terminal Move

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Delta Air Lines chief executive Ed Bastian has slammed a decision by Heathrow Airport to forcibly separate his airline from joint venture partner Virgin Atlantic in a controversial terminal shakeup that is slated to take effect in 2028.

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Delta CEO Ed Bastian Slams ‘Short-Sighted’ Heathrow Shake-Up

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2026-11-02T14:34:28.194159-08:00

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Flying Magazine • Meg Godlewski

End of an Era: Jeppesen Bids Farewell to Paper Charts

By Flying Magazine: What the transition to fully digital flight charts from Jeppesen means for pilots everywhere.

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2026-11-03T05:04:38.416218-08:00

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NASA Spaceflight • Chris Bergin

NASA Weighs Commercial Options to Boost, Service or Deorbit Hubble

By NASA Spaceflight: NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has addressed the ongoing debate about the Hubble Space Telescope’s long-term future after the agency issued a Request for Information seeking commercial options for a reboost, servicing, or controlled deorbit.

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2026-11-03T05:15:31.466677-08:00

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SpaceNews.com

DETUMBLER: Airbus' Passive Spin Stabilization Solution

By SpaceNews.com: The tumbling crisis: why dead satellites threaten orbit Every year, hundreds of satellites reach end-of-life, most are deorbited, but some fail abruptly.

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2026-11-03T05:49:05.545044-08:00

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FlightGlobal • Dominic Perry

Former Spirit AeroSystems Belfast plant reports $1.6 billion loss in 2025

By FlightGlobal: Significant increase in forward charges related to onerous contract provisions was responsible for much of the rise.

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2026-11-03T05:05:19.731784-08:00

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Space.com • Josh Dinner

Do we know how many Starship launches SpaceX will need to get NASA astronauts to the moon? No. Will its refuelling plan be simple? Also no.

By Space.com: NASA's Artemis IV moon mission will be a complicated affair — especially if SpaceX's Starship ends up being the lunar lander. The massive spacecraft will need an unknown number of refuel flights in two separate orbits.

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2026-11-03T05:19:14.120742-08:00

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