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Casey Dreier wins 2025 Icon Award for defending NASA science amid sweeping budget cuts

Casey Dreier received the 2025 Icon Award for Individual Achievement on Dec. 2 in recognition of his public advocacy defending NASA science funding amid sweeping budget cuts, underscoring the role of policy engagement in protecting planetary science and other research programs facing reductions.

2025-12-02T16:08:46.954095-08:00

Ars Technica

Rocket Lab CEO on Neutron delays, New Glenn's ascent and NASA's need to 'capture the public's imagination'

2025-11-24T07:02:58.047180-08:00

Delta Air Lines

Delta posts strong Q3 profit, says premium-seat sales could eclipse economy by 2026

2025-10-09T03:38:19.528998-07:00

FreightWaves

Fred Smith, FedEx Founder and Air Cargo Pioneer, Dies at 80

2025-06-21T23:59:15.606207-07:00

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Casey Dreier wins 2025 Icon Award for defending NASA science amid sweeping budget cuts Casey Dreier received the 2025 Icon Award for Individual Achievement on Dec. 2 in recognition of his public advocacy defending NASA science funding amid sweeping budget cuts, underscoring the role of policy engagement in protecting planetary science and other research programs facing reductions.

2025-12-02T16:08:46.954095-08:00

Casey Dreier wins 2025 Icon Award for defending NASA science amid sweeping budget cuts

mrobusinesstoday.com

Lufthansa Technik’s Dennis Kohr on MRO strategy and opportunities in Asia–Pacific In an exclusive Q&A, Dennis Kohr, Senior VP Corporate Sales Asia‑Pacific at Lufthansa Technik, outlines the company's MRO strategy for Asia‑Pacific, identifies key commercial opportunities and partnership priorities, and explains how the firm plans to scale services and capacity to meet growing regional maintenance demand.

2025-11-26T22:54:34.604175-08:00

Lufthansa Technik’s Dennis Kohr on MRO strategy and opportunities in Asia–Pacific

Ars Technica

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Rocket Lab CEO on Neutron delays, New Glenn's ascent and NASA's need to 'capture the public's imagination' Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck acknowledged delays to the Neutron medium‑lift rocket, praised Blue Origin's New Glenn success and said NASA must 'capture the public's imagination' to sustain support for science missions. His comments link programme timing, commercial rivalry and public engagement as sector pressures.

2025-11-24T07:02:58.047180-08:00

Rocket Lab CEO on Neutron delays, New Glenn's ascent and NASA's need to 'capture the public's imagination'

AINonline

Sheltair Founder Jerry Holland Dies at 90; Built Largest Privately‑Owned FBO Network Jerry Holland, founder of Sheltair, died at 90. He grew the company into the largest privately‑owned FBO network, shaping business aviation access and airport services across multiple airports. His passing marks the loss of a major figure in on‑airport infrastructure for corporate and general aviation.

2025-11-20T08:33:53.055732-08:00

Sheltair Founder Jerry Holland Dies at 90; Built Largest Privately‑Owned FBO Network

vintageaviationnews.com

Pat Epps, leader of the Glacier Girl P‑38 recovery and champion of historic aviation, dies at 91 Pat Epps, 91, the pioneering aviator who led the Greenland Expedition Society and orchestrated recovery of the "Glacier Girl" P‑38, died peacefully in Atlanta. A Living Legend of Aviation and Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame inductee, he was known for mentorship, support of vintage aviation and advocacy for veterans.

2025-11-19T10:52:09.383235-08:00

Pat Epps, leader of the Glacier Girl P‑38 recovery and champion of historic aviation, dies at 91

BBC

Alfred Buckham: the WWI daredevil who invented bird's‑eye aerial photography Aviator Alfred Buckham, a WWI pilot and early aerial photographer, produced some of the first and most striking bird’s‑eye images. To capture them he used perilous, death‑defying improvisations—techniques that pushed the limits of aircraft operations and shaped early air‑to‑air photography.

2025-11-15T19:29:02.853003-08:00

Alfred Buckham: the WWI daredevil who invented bird's‑eye aerial photography

Space.com

Kitten Space Agency aims to be Kerbal Space Program’s spiritual successor with ex‑SpaceX engineer on board Creators of DayZ and Kerbal Space Program have joined an ex‑SpaceX engineer to form Kitten Space Agency, a new studio developing what it calls the spiritual successor to Kerbal. In a recent interview the team says the game will be a detailed, physics‑driven spaceflight simulator aimed at serious space enthusiasts.

2025-11-14T04:17:45.880658-08:00

Kitten Space Agency aims to be Kerbal Space Program’s spiritual successor with ex‑SpaceX engineer on board

Defence24

ESA chief: Poland is maturing into an emerging space power ESA Director-General Josef Aschbacher said Poland is transitioning from a recent ESA member into a mature space actor with expanding technical expertise and an “ambitious, forward‑looking strategy,” highlighting Warsaw’s determination to deepen programme engagement and accelerate national modernisation in European space activities.

2025-11-13T06:14:40.965164-08:00

ESA chief: Poland is maturing into an emerging space power

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