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After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have gotten the greenlight to head to space tonight (March 8).

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg made it clear at a company-wide meeting last week that the company's management culture needs a major change. Speaking to employees in St. Louis and via webcast to other Boeing locations, Ortberg acknowledged serious issues within the company, including poor communication and a disrespectful management culture.

Routes between London and the United States are some of the most lucrative in the world, particularly for premium travel. Load factors measure just how full planes are, and the US Department of Transport provides figures for that per month, per airline and per route. We take a look at the routes with the lowest and highest load factors for the 12 months ending November 2024 (as information for December is not available just yet).

On Episode 151 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with former NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green about how we can search for technosignatures that might indicate advanced civilizations.

Air Canada has made minor changes to its summer network, including the planned resumption of Tel Aviv flights.

This illuminating film debuts this weekend at the SXSW 2025.

Cathay Pacific has reworked some of its summer season routes, including removing some frequencies from Europe and North America.

The first astronauts preparing to fly to the moon in more than 50 years want your help identifying their "moon mascot." NASA's Artemis II crew is seeking an original idea for their zero-g indicator.

In an interview with the Financial Times earlier this week, Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith discussed the impact of American tourists who are typically higher-spending, particularly when it comes to travel.

Crew members launching on SpaceX's next mission to the International Space Station are ready to take the reins of the orbital lab so NASA's Starliner astronauts can finally return to Earth.

Lufthansa will operate Airbus A350s with the new Allegris cabin or Airbus A380s on all routes between Munich and the United States in the summer of 2025. This announcement comes alongside the German national carrier's release of its financial results for the full year of 2024.

Nine minutes after its launch, SpaceX's latest Starship to attempt to reach space exploded, leaving a trail of debris in its wake. Airports in Florida were forced to halt flights.

United Airlines announced a significant milestone on Friday, revealing that it has successfully installed Starlink WiFi on its first regional aircraft. According to United, from May through the end of 2025, it plans to outfit more than 40 regional aircraft each month. By the end of the year, the airline hopes to have all of its two-cabin regional aircraft fully equipped with Starlink, United Airlines said in a press release.

This week, geologists announced they discovered the world's oldest known impact crater. It's in Western Australia's ancient Pilbara region.

The US is a critical country for passenger Boeing 747 flights. Air China, Korean Air, and Lufthansa will deploy the Queen of the Skies to the US this northern aviation summer, from March 30 until October 25, based on IATA slot seasons.

If you own a Playstation 5 and you want a virtual reality experience, now is the time to cash in as the PSVR 2 is 28% off.

Before Rogue One, the Rebel Alliance turned to Kyle Katarn, mercenary for hire. 30 years later, Dark Forces is still a must-play Star Wars game.

For the second time in two years, a private Intuitive Machines lander fell over on the moon.

A hidden monster black hole in the Large Magellanic Cloud fired runaway stars at the Milky Way at millions of miles per hour.

The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 U.S. Space Force’s dynamic unmanned space plane has successfully returned to Earth after a novel aerobraking maneuver during its 7th flight.