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The Museum of Flight

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To inspire all through the limitless possibilities of flight. @SIAffiliates museum and @AAMers accredited.

 Seattle, Washington
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Aeromexico Targets Underserved U.S. Markets After Joint Venture Court Win | Aviation Week

Aeromexico Targets Underserved U.S. Markets After Joint Venture Court Win | Aviation Week

Aeromexico is planning six new nonstop routes from Mexico City to the U.S. and Puerto Rico in 2027, following the preservation of its Delta Air Lines joint venture.

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#OTD 11/11/1966: #OTD 1966: 🪂💦Splashdown for the #Gemini XII crew, @TheRealBuzz & Jim Lovell - paving the way for future Moon landings: nasa.gov/image-feature/novem… @NASA @NASA_Astronauts #SpaceHistory #Apollo
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Waypoint: BVLOS Rule Will Be Starting Point, Not Finish Line | Aviation Week

Waypoint: BVLOS Rule Will Be Starting Point, Not Finish Line | Aviation Week

Industry officials say the FAA's upcoming BVLOS drone rule marks a starting point, not the finish line, for commercial scale.

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Cady Coleman@Astro_CadyNov 10
Smiling with @LoudermanTaylor, who plays trailblazer @poppy_northcutt in "We Chose to Go to the Moon" — premiering tonight on @PBS! at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/streaming simultaneously on PBS.org & PBS app. Check your local PBS listings for the exact broadcast time.
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FAA Activates First Digital Towers In Alaska, Florida | Aviation Week

FAA Activates First Digital Towers In Alaska, Florida | Aviation Week

The FAA says digital air traffic control towers are now operating in Alaska and Florida, the first of seven planned remote tower sites nationwide.

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Today is Veterans Day! Many NASA astronauts are also military veterans, coming from all six military branches. 🇺🇸 Today, we recognize the veterans of Apollo 11: - Major General Michael Collins (USAF) - Brigadier General Buzz Aldrin (USAF) - Lieutenant JG Neil Armstrong (USN)
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France Moves Ahead On New Spy Satellites | Aviation Week

France Moves Ahead On New Spy Satellites | Aviation Week

France orders two next-generation Iris spy satellites from Airbus and Thales Alenia Space in a contract valued at more than $1.5 billion.

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Amazon Delivery Drone Joins Museum of Flight Exhibit

Amazon Delivery Drone Joins Museum of Flight Exhibit

Visitors can now view the all-electric, autonomous prototype that helped pioneer commercial package transport across the skies.

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Weightlessness is confusing at first, but then it becomes a great new normal. Like a sudden superpower. (Cat video filmed in the back of a Russian airplane that pushed over, to make everything float for 20 seconds. Like how they filmed the movie Apollo 13)
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Honoring Those Who Have Served This Veterans Day - Seattle Metro Chamber - goo.gl/alerts/yGmTxB #GoogleAlerts
Honoring Those Who Have Served This Veterans Day - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

Honoring Those Who Have Served This Veterans Day - Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce

This Veterans Day, the Seattle Metro Chamber extends our deepest gratitude to the veterans, service members, and military families who have served and

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Washington Dulles Airport Set To Open New United Airlines Concourse | Aviation Week

Washington Dulles Airport Set To Open New United Airlines Concourse | Aviation Week

United Airlines will open a $700 million, 14-gate concourse at Washington Dulles on Nov. 10, part of a broader $22 billion airport expansion.

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Announcing the winner of the Museum’s 2027 Michael Collins Trophy for Lifetime Achievement: Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke! Gen. Charles M. “Charlie” Duke is one of the most accomplished astronauts of the Apollo era and continues to be a powerful advocate for human space exploration and scientific discovery. Duke served as a fighter pilot and aerospace engineer before walking on the Moon during Apollo 16.
An astronaut in a white space suit stands in front of an American flag and a neutral background, smiling while resting hands on a moon globe. The suit displays a NASA logo.

ALT An astronaut in a white space suit stands in front of an American flag and a neutral background, smiling while resting hands on a moon globe. The suit displays a NASA logo.

An astronaut stands on the lunar surface during an Apollo mission to the Moon. He is standing near a lunar module and an American flag, with the barren, cratered landscape of the Moon visible.

ALT An astronaut stands on the lunar surface during an Apollo mission to the Moon. He is standing near a lunar module and an American flag, with the barren, cratered landscape of the Moon visible.

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The End of an Era generalaviationnews.com/2026…
The End of an Era

The End of an Era

Jeppesen has officially sunsetted its printed chart products, bringing an end to an iconic era of paper navigation for general aviation pilots.

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Carl Sagan was born on this day in 1934. In 2012 the Library acquired Sagan's papers — approximately 800 boxes of materials that document his life and work — through the generosity of writer, producer and director @SethMacFarlane. Explore what's been digitized. ⬇️ loc.gov/collections/finding-…
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Bombardier Weighs New Aircraft Amid Strong Order Backlog | Aviation Week

Bombardier Weighs New Aircraft Amid Strong Order Backlog | Aviation Week

Bombardier’s top executive told analysts that as cash flow improves, roughly half of Bombardier’s capital allocation over the next few years will likely go toward improving its products to stay...

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Key Space Force satellites can't talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources -...

Key Space Force satellites can't talk to each other, likely requiring $1B solution: Sources -...

To translate between the SpaceX-built SDN Backbone and other Pentagon communications and missile tracking satellites, sources said the Space Force is eyeing 12 or 13 Space Exchange Point birds.

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70 years ago today, Lt Cmdrs M. Ross and M. Lewis established a crewed balloon altitude record of 76,000 ft in the Strato-Lab High I balloon. They broke an old record set by "Explorer II" in 1935. More on the military's high-altitude balloon missions: s.si.edu/4eoPADo
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NASA Updates Moon Base Plan Spanning Rover To Rides | Aviation Week

NASA Updates Moon Base Plan Spanning Rover To Rides | Aviation Week

NASA is firming up how to deliver the promised Moon base, naming vendors to help deliver payloads and services to the lunar surface through contracts potentially valued at more than $11 billion.

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Planetary scientist and science communicator Carl Sagan was born on this day in 1934. He's pictured here in front of a Viking lander mockup. Sagan helped plan the Viking missions and was a tireless promoter of the Viking program and other planetary exploration. #CarlSaganDay
Carl Sagan in orange jacket and khakis in front of white spacecraft lander in desert environment.

ALT Carl Sagan in orange jacket and khakis in front of white spacecraft lander in desert environment.

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Seattle's Hottest Runway: Fashion in Flight soars at The Museum of Flight - Seattle Refined - goo.gl/alerts/MUpUmw #GoogleAlerts
Seattle's Hottest Runway: Fashion in Flight soars at The Museum of Flight

Seattle's Hottest Runway: Fashion in Flight soars at The Museum of Flight

{a href="https://www.fashioninflight.org/" target="_blank" title="https://www.fashioninflight.org/"}Fashion in Flight{/a} touched down at The Museum of Flight in Seattle this weekend, lighting up the...

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