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A pod of dolphins gave the four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-9 mission a warm welcome after their capsule splashed down in the ocean on Tuesday afternoon (March 18).

Japan Airlines has pledged to support the modernization of its domestic fleet by adding to its order of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft. The carrier's latest purchase takes its order book for the type close to 40, with these narrowbody twinjets being slated to replace older planes from the popular 737 family. These will give a fresh feel to Japan Airlines' domestic fleet alongside 11 units of the Airbus A321neo.

A Charlotte-bound American EagleEmbraer ERJ-145 suffered a “possible maintenance issue,” which prompted a diversion to Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday. The aircraft started its journey in Newport News, but changed course less than 10 minutes into the flight.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink internet satellites, 13 of which have direct-to-cell capability, from Florida this afternoon (March 18).

The first astronauts to fly on two different commercial spacecraft during a single mission, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, returned to Earth with ISS crewmates Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost moon lander captured amazing views of the lunar sunset shortly before shutting down on Sunday (March 16).

Just one in every 26 long-haul passenger flights to the US will be on an Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 this year, down from one in 10 before the pandemic in 2019. The findings are based on analyzing every service using Cirium Diio data. Of course, technological developments, the popularity of much more efficient twinjets, and the pandemic mean these things are unsurprising.

Air France has unveiled its long-awaited brand-new first class suites to be fitted on its long-haul Boeing 777 fleet. The airline hopes to deploy the new product on services to a select few long-haul destinations over the next few weeks, beginning with New York JFK Airport. The new product reflects a fairly significant upgrade to the carrier’s first-class offering, incorporating “French elegance and art de vivre [the art of living].”

SpaceX released a video that offers a glimpse at how Starlink satellite kits are made in the company's factory outside of Austin, Texas.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured this stunning long-exposure view of Earth and stars from space at night from the International Space Station.

Nearly 2,000 people have backed the Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) proposed by London Stansted Airport (STN) to accommodate up to 51 million passengers by the 2040s. The airport plans to make the best use of its single runway and improve its supporting infrastructure.

The clearest and most precise images yet of the universe’s infancy from the Atacama Cosmology Telescope show the first steps toward the first stars and galaxies.

Paramount celebrates with a USS Enterprise bridge photo and new Season 3 character posters

Welcome to my 160th weekly routes article! As I have been away, this is a summary article of some subjectively exciting services that took off between March 4 and 17. Regular service will resume on March 25. Click here to see my last jam-packed article!

The Starlab commercial space station project is moving toward the production phase, having passed a key development milestone with NASA.

Despite a brief panic, asteroid 2024 YR4 isn't likely to hit us anytime soon, but we can still study the asteroid up close to help us understand these space rocks.

The Bahamas has announced that Avelo Airlines will add a flight from the metro area known as The Research Triangle to Nassau, the island nation’s capital, starting in June.

The Wizz Air Group consists of four units: Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (IATA code: 5W), Hungary (the original unit; W6), Malta (W4), and UK (W9).

It was the opening scene of "Apollo 13" and was recreated for the Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man." It was also included in director Mark Craig's "Last Man on the Moon," inspiring "Apollo 1."

The chief executive of Air India has estimated that Airbus and Boeing will continue to struggle to deliver aircraft on time due to various supply chain constraints for at least the next four to five years, hampering the industry’s ability to grow capacity.