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NASA Spaceflight • Sean Yoder

NASA deal adds Stennis test capacity as Blue Origin rebuilds New Glenn pad after explosion

NASA and Blue Origin have agreed to test New Glenn engines at NASA’s historic Stennis Space Center stand, giving the company an alternative to capacity constrained by the May static-fire explosion at Launch Complex 36 as it works toward a return to flight before the end of 2026.

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2026-07-31T05:18:51.460395-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Sandra Erwin

Inside the effort to show Congress what war in space looks like

By SpaceNews.com: WASHINGTON — Members of Congress can watch tanks maneuver, tour warships and see combat aircraft fly. Space Force leaders have no comparable way to demonstrate the battlefield they oversee — one where satellites travel at thousands of miles an hour, but the maneuvers that determine an encounter can unfold over days.

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2026-07-31T06:37:32.488436-07:00

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LOT Polish Airlines to launch Warsaw-Hanoi service from Mar-2027

By CAPA: LOT Polish Airlines , via its official LinkedIn account, announced (30-Jul-2026) plans to launch three times weekly Warsaw - Hanoi service from 31-Mar-2027, operating with Boeing 787 .

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2026-07-31T00:49:27.151087-07:00

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Indonesia arrests Malaysian pilot for allegedly smuggling 26kg of MDMA; risks death penalty

By CNA: The pilot had just flown a Malaysia Airlines plane from Kuala Lumpur to Jakarta, and was found to have been under the influence of cocaine and methamphetamine after a urine test.

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Malaysia Airlines Responds After Pilot Arrested in Indonesia Over Alleged Drug Smuggling.

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2026-07-30T22:18:31.928772-07:00

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Flying Magazine • John Barry

Triumph to Tragedy: Columbia’s Silent Warning

By Flying Magazine: Failures that doomed Columbia space shuttle are same ones lurking in every hangar and cockpit.

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2026-07-31T05:05:00.466231-07:00

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European Spaceflight • Andrew Parsonson

Spain Offers €1 Billion in Bid to Host Thirty Meter Telescope

By European Spaceflight: Spain has offered up to €1 billion in support if the Thirty Meter Telescope is moved from its planned home in Hawaii to La Palma.

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2026-07-31T06:05:45.130494-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

NASA still assessing Starliner-1 flight opportunities

By SpaceNews.com: A NASA official says that work with Boeing on the company’s CST-100 Starliner vehicle is making “good progress” but declined to offer a launch date.

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2026-07-31T05:17:02.609104-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Frank A. Rose

The new space wars: lessons from Ukraine and the Middle East

By SpaceNews.com: In March 2021, while serving as a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, I hosted a discussion with General Chance Saltzman, now Chief of Space Operations for the United States Space Force.

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2026-07-31T05:17:04.170329-07:00

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