Russia’s first attempt to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon since 1976 ended in failure on Saturday, when the Luna-25 probe lost control and collided with the lunar surface.
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The German Air Force says it will retire its two Airbus A340-300 VIP transport aircraft ahead of schedule, following a series of technical problems that forced the cancellation of a foreign minister’s trip to the Asia-Pacific region.
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The US Air Force has awarded a $235 million contract to JetZero, a Long Beach-based aviation startup, to build and fly a full-scale technology demonstrator for a blended wing body (BWB) aircraft.
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Vertical Aerospace, a UK-based company developing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has confirmed that its VX4 was involved in an accident during a flight test at Cotswold Airport on August 9, 2023. The aircraft was remotely piloted (unoccupied) and there were no injuries, according to the company.
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Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company founded by Richard Branson, has launched its first private-paying tourist to the edge of space.
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Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, a spacecraft designed to ferry NASA astronauts to the ISS, will not fly its first crewed mission until at least March 2024
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