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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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Breaking Defense • Carley Welch, Theresa Hitchens

Light at the end of M-code's tunnel? Receivers for ships, planes to finish tests by 2027

By Breaking Defense: An Air Force office recently took over the sprawling M-Code project, meant to give jam- and spoof-proof GPS receivers to potentially a million pieces of tech.

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2026-07-31T05:16:51.305726-07:00

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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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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 .

Also: AeroTime

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

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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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FlightGlobal • Kerry Reals

Lufthansa City and Edelweiss name new chiefs in group management reshuffle

By FlightGlobal: Edi Wolfensberger takes the helm at Edelweiss while Michael Kirchner becomes chief executive at Lufthansa City. Lufthansa Group has made three executive changes at its Lufthansa City, Edelweiss and Eurowings carriers, with the appointment of two new chief executives and a chief operating officer.