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NASA issues draft RFI to study relocating Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion capsule

NASA has issued a draft request for information seeking proposals to assess the feasibility, cost and logistics of relocating a spacecraft — either Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion crew capsule — to a new public display site. The agency has not set a target date or destination.

2026-03-20T13:38:38.228208-07:00

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Airbus retires BelugaST fleet after final flight; 'Tango Foxtrot' to become Broughton STEM hub

2026-01-28T13:35:39.494471-08:00

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Lufthansa publicly confronts Nazi-era ties as it marks 100 years

2026-02-04T01:38:22.837506-08:00

Space.com

NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2

2026-01-26T08:08:26.257972-08:00

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NASA issues draft RFI to study relocating Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion capsule NASA has issued a draft request for information seeking proposals to assess the feasibility, cost and logistics of relocating a spacecraft — either Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion crew capsule — to a new public display site. The agency has not set a target date or destination.

2026-03-20T13:38:38.228208-07:00

NASA issues draft RFI to study relocating Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion capsule

Flying Magazine

Museum of Flight, Peninsula School District launch Aviation Academy to expand regional aerospace pathways The Museum of Flight has partnered with Peninsula School District to launch an Aviation Academy, expanding its Aviation Scholar Program into another district and creating a secondary-school pathway into aerospace careers. The academy provides hands-on opportunities and local access to aviation-focused education for high-school students.

2026-02-27T10:34:45.342053-08:00

Museum of Flight, Peninsula School District launch Aviation Academy to expand regional aerospace pathways

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Lufthansa publicly confronts Nazi-era ties as it marks 100 years On its centenary, Lufthansa has for the first time acknowledged it was “part of the system” under the Nazis: company leaders and board members had party links, the airline supported the Luftwaffe and arms production, and workers were exploited — a history the carrier says it will now openly address.

2026-02-04T01:38:22.837506-08:00

Lufthansa publicly confronts Nazi-era ties as it marks 100 years

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U.S. Navy retires Bell TH‑57 Sea Ranger as Leonardo TH‑73A takes over training fleet The U.S. Navy officially retired the Bell TH‑57 Sea Ranger after decades as the service’s primary rotary‑wing trainer, marking its final landing at the National Naval Aviation Museum in a sundown ceremony. The TH‑57 is being replaced across the training pipeline by the Leonardo TH‑73A Thrasher.

2026-01-29T01:51:11.831997-08:00

U.S. Navy retires Bell TH‑57 Sea Ranger as Leonardo TH‑73A takes over training fleet

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Airbus retires BelugaST fleet after final flight; 'Tango Foxtrot' to become Broughton STEM hub Airbus's A300-600ST BelugaST completed its final operational flight on 29 January, flying from Bordeaux to Broughton in the UK and ending nearly 30 years of service. The fifth and final Beluga—'Tango Foxtrot'—will be converted into a STEM education facility at Airbus Broughton.

2026-01-28T13:35:39.494471-08:00

Airbus retires BelugaST fleet after final flight; 'Tango Foxtrot' to become Broughton STEM hub

Space.com

NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2 NASA will fly a piece of the Wright Brothers' original airplane on Artemis 2, the agency's upcoming crewed lunar flyby, symbolically linking the dawn of powered flight to modern lunar exploration. The artifact honors the generations of innovators whose work enabled today's crewed missions.

2026-01-26T08:08:26.257972-08:00

NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2

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NASA halts plan to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has reversed an approval to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center to Space Center Houston, halting a proposal that raised preservation alarms. Relocation was estimated to cost up to $150 million and could require partial dismantling for transport, prompting renewed debate.

2026-01-20T07:14:38.023644-08:00

NASA halts plan to relocate Space Shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian’s Udvar‑Hazy Center

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Tillamook offers storm‑damaged WWII blimp hangar for $1; repairs could top $50M The Port of Tillamook Bay has offered the WWII-era Naval Air Station Dirigible Hangar B for $1 to any party willing to preserve it after a storm tore open the roof; repair estimates run as high as $50 million, creating an urgent preservation and funding challenge.

2026-01-16T23:19:18.228972-08:00

Tillamook offers storm‑damaged WWII blimp hangar for $1; repairs could top $50M

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NASA issues draft RFI to study relocating Space Shuttle Discovery or an Orion capsule

Airbus retires BelugaST fleet after final flight; 'Tango Foxtrot' to become Broughton STEM hub

Lufthansa publicly confronts Nazi-era ties as it marks 100 years

NASA to fly piece of Wright Brothers' plane on Artemis 2

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