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People who live near SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas will vote on Saturday (May 3) to determine if the site becomes an incorporated city.

TenUS airports have Airbus A380 flights between May and September: Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, San Francisco, and Washington Dulles. The start of Lufthansa's regular superjumbo service to Denver on April 30 helped, as will Qantas resuming double-decker flights to Dallas/Fort Worth on August 11. British Airways' A380s were flown to Dallas until March. When the carrier returns in the winter, flights will be on the A350-1000, but they'll be too short to make that type's 10 longest routes list.

The Ruko F11PRO 2 is a small drone featuring easy operation and a host of useful features but the small sensor in the camera produces soft images.

The White House's proposed 2026 budget would reshape NASA's Artemis moon program, canceling the Gateway space station and retiring the SLS rocket and Orion capsule after two more flights.

"It would recklessly slash NASA’s science budget by 47%."

Eta Aquarids are known for leaving glowing debris trails in their wake.

Gearbox is ready to talk about what's new in Borderlands 4, and the new entry in the iconic sci-fi FPS-RPG series looks like a blast.

The White House's proposed 2026 budget cuts $6 billion in NASA funding and cancels Mars sample return and the Gateway moon-orbiting space station, among other projects.

Galaxy cluster Abell 1489, as imaged by the International Gemini Observatory, contains more than 200 of the gravitationally-bound systems of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust.

Nine airlines currently fly the very long-range Airbus A350-1000: Air Caraïbes, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways (recently gained its sixth example), French bee, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Virgin Atlantic. With 24 active aircraft, the launch customer, Qatar Airways, has one in four flights, making it the largest user of the high-capacity equipment. It also operates the longest A350-1000 route, from Doha to Auckland.

SpaceX conducted a static fire test of a Starship upper-stage vehicle this week, continuing to gear up for the megarocket's ninth test flight.

Ryanair has threatened to cancel its orders for 330 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, valued at over $30 billion, if US-led tariffs cause a significant price increase. The airline’s CEO, Michael O’Leary, warned that the Irish low-cost airline would reconsider its current orders and explore alternatives, Reuters first reported on Tuesday.

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed surface ice methanol — a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life, including sugars — on trans-Neptunian objects.

The United States has become the latest country to send examples of the General Dynamics F-16 'Fighting Falcon' multirole fighter jet to Ukraine amid Russia's ongoing military action in the country. However, these aircraft won't see frontline service themselves, but, instead, will serve as a source of spare parts for other aircraft involved in the conflict. They made their way across the Atlantic last week.

DARPA (the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) is looking for a private company to build spacecraft to orbit the moon and search for water.

Air Force One is arguably one of the most famous aircraft callsigns in the world. Applied to aircraft being used to transport the current President of the United States of America, it has become synonymous with the Boeing VC-25A, a modified example of the US manufacturer's iconic 747 of which the US Air Force flies two examples for such duties. However, these aircraft are now rather old.

Aer Lingus has US/Canada routes from three European airports: Dublin,Shannon, and Manchester. Helped by Indianapolis and Nashville joining its map in 2025, building on Denver and Las Vegas (along with the return of Minneapolis) last year, the Irish flag carrier's network has never been bigger. It has 21 summer routes, rising to 23 when winter is included.

The soon-to-reenter Soviet Cosmos 482 Venus probe is getting increased attention by satellite trackers – and new imagery provides some interesting details.

Orion, the next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon, has been delivered to NASA for prelaunch preparations ahead of Artemis 2's planned 2026 liftoff.

The Red Planet will buzz the Beehive during May 4-5, with the moon joining the party on May 3.