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Houston Hobby Airport suffered a significant power outage on Sunday at the airport's air traffic control (ATC) tower. The FAA reported that the ATC tower was without main grid power for approximately an hour, leading to extensive delays and cancellations at the airport. Southwest Airlines, the largest operator at Houston Hobby, experienced delays to a third of its flights to and from the airport, while American Airlines canceled 80% of its limited number of flights to the airport.

On Saturday, May 17, a DoorDash driver mistakenly entered a restricted area at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, sparking a temporary security concern, CBS News Chicago reported. The driver was moving through the airport's secured perimeter, raising alarms when spotted by air traffic control.

Seattle startup Interlune's newly unveiled machine is designed to churn up 110 tons (100 metric tons) of moon dirt per hour to harvest helium-3, a fuel for future fusion reactors.

The FAA has greenlit license modifications ahead of Flight 9 of SpaceX's Starship but has not yet approved the launch itself.

The presence of water-ice in the debris disk around a young star could have helped facilitate the growth and development of exoplanets.

Technological advancements within the aerospace industry have allowed airlines to push the envelope of what’s possible, including route networks. With new-generation engines and airframe improvements, carriers are now able to fly routes that would have been unprofitable with widebody aircraft, as long-haul narrowbodies are now able to traverse oceans, including the Atlantic.

The first Boeing 777 was delivered to launch customer United Airlines on May 15, 1995. That aircraft was the brilliantly registered N777UA, a non-Extended Range variant that remains active today. While N777UA's first test flight was in April 1995, the world's oldest active 777 is N774UA. It is a 30.8-year-old machine and the second Triple 7 built. Its first test flight was in July 1994, but it was delivered later.

Scientists have developed a new computer model to explore the the interstellar medium, in turn generating stunning images that resemble abstract works of art.

An American Airlines flight 2144 bound for Miami turned back to Charleston International Airport (CHS) on Sunday morning, following what the airline described as a potential mechanical issue shortly after departure, as reported by live5news. The aircraft landed safely, and no injuries were reported.

The Chinese company Galactic Energy sent four satellites into orbit today (May 19) on the fifth sea launch of its Ceres-1 solid rocket.

A Delta Air Lines Airbus A320 operating a flight from Minneapolis to Kalispell on May 17 was forced to divert to Spokane due to an issue with the aircraft’s flaps. The flight landed safely and continued to its destination after a few hours on the ground.

United Airlines and The Cookie Department, a company with several snack brands, including Buy A Bar, Give A Bar, have enhanced their partnership. The pair is building on the success of the latter company’s cookies, which have been a popular offering onboard the airline’s aircraft.

Some 61 airports will have Airbus A380 flights in June, involving 36 countries, including Bahrain. Emirates will operate Dubai-Bahrain on a one-off basis for Eid al-Adha, two months after the last one-off service existed for the country's Grand Prix. With a block time of as little as 1h 15m, it will temporarily be the world's shortest superjumbo flight.

A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still changing today.

NASA's prototype for a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) is seen lit in white and blue in an award-winning photograph.

This October, EVA Air will launch a new route to the United States, with the airline connecting Taiwan with Dallas/Fort Worth. The company is the first carrier to do so since at least 2000. This move represents a series of steps the airline has taken to expand in the United States and cater to increasing demand from business passengers.

Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian features.

Scientists have found evidence of the most powerful storm in history, which hit Earth in 14,300 years ago. It would cause mayhem in today's technology-dependent world.

Virgin Atlantic's fleet consists of 44 aircraft: 17 Boeing 787-9s, 12 Airbus A350-1000s,eight A330-900s, and seven A330-300s. Its average fleet age is a reasonably low 7.2 years, helped by its A330-900s (1.6 years) and A350s (4.4 years). Removing the rest of its A330-300s by 2028 will help. Doing so will improve its fleet's fuel consumption, maintenance requirements, and hard product, offset by higher ownership costs.

Time for a trip to Tycho Crater.