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Nonprofit advances restoration to return first-production Learjet to flight

A nonprofit is restoring the first production Learjet and has begun work to return the iconic twinjet to flight status. The effort advances preservation of business-aviation heritage and aims to make the aircraft airworthy for public flying exhibitions and educational use.

2025-10-12T06:32:29.000973-07:00

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Lufthansa Technik wraps up nearly two‑decade Constellation restoration

2025-10-12T14:48:55.183471-07:00

SpaceNews.com

Senators spar over plans to move Space Shuttle Discovery

2025-10-07T12:32:00.921924-07:00

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Senator Mark Kelly leads push to keep Space Shuttle Discovery at Smithsonian

2025-09-29T07:58:56.199114-07:00

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Lufthansa Technik wraps up nearly two‑decade Constellation restoration Lufthansa Technik has completed restoration of a historic Constellation aircraft, concluding a project that began nearly two decades ago. The extensive overhaul returns the iconic airliner to display‑standard condition and marks a high‑profile preservation achievement for the MRO.

2025-10-12T14:48:55.183471-07:00

Lufthansa Technik wraps up nearly two‑decade Constellation restoration

AINonline

Nonprofit advances restoration to return first-production Learjet to flight A nonprofit is restoring the first production Learjet and has begun work to return the iconic twinjet to flight status. The effort advances preservation of business-aviation heritage and aims to make the aircraft airworthy for public flying exhibitions and educational use.

2025-10-12T06:32:29.000973-07:00

Nonprofit advances restoration to return first-production Learjet to flight

dailycampus.com

Save Our Space Shuttle Discovery From Being Moved When Space Shuttle Discovery made its final landing at Kennedy Space Center’s Runway 15 on March 9, 2011, it closed a 27‑year flight career. A public campaign to prevent Discovery's relocation highlights disputes over museum stewardship, transport risk and the orbiter's status as a national heritage artifact.

2025-10-11T00:46:35.303383-07:00

Save Our Space Shuttle Discovery From Being Moved

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Hayley Arceneaux's flown Inspiration4 spacesuit dedicated and displayed at St. Jude Hayley Arceneaux, a cancer survivor and Inspiration4 crew member, unveiled and dedicated the flown spacesuit she wore on the all‑civilian orbital mission during a ceremony at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. She gave patients a sneak peek of the suit and the new hospital exhibit ahead of its public reveal.

2025-10-07T17:49:06.465824-07:00

Hayley Arceneaux's flown Inspiration4 spacesuit dedicated and displayed at St. Jude

SpaceNews.com

Senators spar over plans to move Space Shuttle Discovery Senators are clashing over federal funding to relocate the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to a Houston museum, with debate focused on the cost, risks to the orbiter and whether the move advances public access. The dispute highlights tensions over federal museum stewardship and discretionary spending.

2025-10-07T12:32:00.921924-07:00

Senators spar over plans to move Space Shuttle Discovery

Fox Business

Muriel: the last Lockheed Electra 10‑E anchors a Kansas museum preserving Amelia Earhart’s legacy Muriel, the last remaining Lockheed Electra 10‑E identical to Amelia Earhart’s 1937 aircraft, anchors a Kansas museum devoted to the pioneering aviator. Nearly 90 years after her disappearance, the display and associated artifacts are central to efforts to preserve Earhart’s story and public interest in historic aviation.

2025-10-05T19:42:30.730258-07:00

Muriel: the last Lockheed Electra 10‑E anchors a Kansas museum preserving Amelia Earhart’s legacy

Space.com

Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope Artist Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition, developed with ESA’s Webb team, celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope through original artwork that interprets the telescope's discoveries and instruments. The show translates JWST science into public-facing cultural experiences.

2025-10-05T08:12:32.687054-07:00

Ashley Zelinskie's 'Wandering through Time and Space' exhibition partners with ESA to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope

houstonchronicle.com

Snoopy: NASA’s unofficial ambassador and enduring safety symbol For 30 years Alotta E Taylor worked at NASA in Houston and Washington, D.C., championing safety and public outreach; Snoopy — the face of the Silver Snoopy award and agency merchandising — has become NASA’s unofficial ambassador and an enduring symbol of flight safety and astronaut culture.

2025-10-03T22:58:43.143158-07:00

Snoopy: NASA’s unofficial ambassador and enduring safety symbol

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