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NASA Spaceflight • Ryan Weber

SpaceX Advances Starbase Pad 1 Retrofit as Block 3 Flights Begin

SpaceX has begun flying Block 3 missions from its newly redesigned Starbase Pad 2 while crews continue retrofitting Pad 1. The work is intended to bring Pad 1 to the same configuration as Pad 2, Kennedy Space Center’s LC-39A and the SLC-37 pad still under construction.

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2026-07-31T14:20:16.744989-07:00

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The War Zone • Tyler Rogoway

F-35B Crashes And Burns At Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)

By The War Zone: The F-35B crashed near the end of the runway at the sprawling Marine Corps base at around 10AM local time. Add TWZ (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

Flying Magazine

F-35 Involved in Serious Accident in San Diego

The Aviationist

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Crashes at MCAS Miramar

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2026-07-31T12:14:11.177452-07:00

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AirInsight • Ernest Arvai

COMAC’s Shortened, High-Altitude C919-600 Completes First Flight

By AirInsight: C919-600 .header-title-wrapper 3 minutes read C919-600 COMAC COMAC C919 COMAC C919-600 completes COMAC completed the first flight of its C919-600 last Wednesday, a shortened, high-altitude version of the C919.

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2026-07-31T12:57:14.586116-07:00

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ch-aviation • Daniel Martinez Garbuno

Brazil bars Flybondi from expanding, curbs ticket sales

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on Flybondi at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-07-31T14:20:15.549981-07:00

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SpaceNews.com • Jeff Foust

Sending repurposed Mars rover to the moon could cost more than $1 billion

By SpaceNews.com: Converting an engineering model of a Mars rover into an actual lunar rover could cost NASA more than $1 billion, an estimate NASA's leader rejects.

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2026-07-31T14:18:05.047921-07:00

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FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

IndiGo waits for A350s to restore widebody operations after axing 787 damp-leases

By FlightGlobal: Indian carrier suspends London route while switching Amsterdam service to A321XLRs. Indian carrier IndiGo will axe its London Heathrow service until its first Airbus A350-900s arrive, following the decision to terminate its Boeing 787 damp-lease with Norse Atlantic.

FlightGlobal

IndiGo Terminates Norse Atlantic 787 Damp-Lease Operation Over Europe Route Difficulties

Economic Times

IndiGo to discontinue wide-body operations effective October 25, end Norse Atlantic lease

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2026-07-31T13:05:35.793835-07:00

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ch-aviation • Hilka Birns

US eyes role in Ethiopia's Bishoftu airport project

By ch-aviation: Washington is pushing to secure strong United States participation in the construction of Ethiopia's new USD12.5 billion Bishoftu International Airport, linking it to more Boeing aircraft for Ethiopian Airlines.

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2026-07-31T12:14:00.833885-07:00

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