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The clouds were cruel on the Bay of Fundy coast, but a memorable experience was had.

Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.

NASA's Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops.

SpaceX is building Starship as a full reusable heavy-lift rocket to fly astronauts to the moon and Mars.

NASA's flight directors have taken a page from the astronauts they support, if not also the Masters, Hells Angels and Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club. There is now a flight director's jacket.

The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is full of bright, colorful stars.

The U.S. Space Force is funding the development of a new "Orbital Carrier" spacecraft that can deploy multiple satellites when needed.

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule found in space that may offer new clues about the formation of life on Earth.

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission is set to launch toward a polar orbit on March 31, which will be a first for human spaceflight. Why has this never been done before?

SpaceX plans to launch the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (March 31), and you can watch the action live.

'Capturing the partial solar eclipse from the iconic landmark at Stonehenge was awe-inspiring in more ways than one'

On March 30, northern carriers, including Virgin Atlantic,switched to summer schedules based on IATA slot seasons. Hundreds of routes began or resumed around then, a handpicked selection of which will appear in my Weekly Routes article on April 1. See last week's edition here.

Airbus has announced that Taiwan’s China Airlines has finalized an order for ten A350-1000 aircraft, a deal that the airline disclosed in December 2024.

The onset of coronavirus had huge implications for airlines around the world, as the sudden and sharp drop in passenger demand hit carriers' finances hard. While the commercial aviation industry has been in a state of stability and even growth in recent years following life's return to post-pandemic normality, it has taken airlines a little while to catch up to where they were financially before the health crisis hit. Still, Virgin Atlantic has turned a major corner with its first post-COVID profit.

Cosmic rays may play a role in triggering lightning, a new study suggests, offering an out-of-this-world answer to a long-standing mystery.

Hawaiian Airlines is undergoing a significant change in its operations and business structure. Having recently finalized a merger with Alaska Airlines, the carrier has also embarked on a fleet and network development program.

BOC Aviation, an aircraft lessor within the Bank of China (BOC) Group, has ordered 120 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, splitting the order between 70 and 50 jets of their best-selling narrowbody families, respectively.

A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

It was recently reported that two air traffic controllers at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., got involved in a physical fight in the control tower. And it has now emerged that the Federal Aviation Administration has put a controller on administrative leave as it investigates the incident.

Canadian carrier WestJet recently announced an end to its all-cargo operations. The airline, which mainly focuses on passenger transport, was not able to create long-term viability for its cargo branch in a relatively small market and a cooling-off cargo industry. The carrier now must decide what to do with its converted freighter aircraft, which are not in high demand.