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GeminiJets Airplane Models – December 25 New Release + Discounts
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GeminiJets Airplane Models – December 25 New Release + Discounts

I have been collecting GeminiJets airplane models since they launched 20 years ago! Video Special Offer This is a sponsored post to showcase the latest GeminiJets airplane model releases. Hope you find something you like. To purchase GeminiJets, go to DiecastJets.com and use code SAMCHUI at checkout for up to 25% off and free shipping in the US. December 2025 1:400 New Release December 2025 1:200 New Release Video This is a sponsored post to showcase the l

Sam Chui • Jan 31, 2026
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NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station
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NASA Selects Axiom Space for Fifth Private Mission to Space Station

NASA and Axiom Space have signed an order for the fifth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, targeted to launch no earlier than January 2027 from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. “The award of our fifth private astronaut mission shows that commercial space is not a distant promise, but a present […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery
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NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery

NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission. The Libera instrument will fly on Joint Polar Satellite System-4 (JPSS-4), […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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Blue Origin halts New Shepard flights
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Blue Origin halts New Shepard flights

Blue Origin announced Jan. 30 that it will halt flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle for at least two years as it shifts its focus to human lunar exploration. The post Blue Origin halts New Shepard flights appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceNews • Jan 30, 2026
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Etihad Launches First-Ever Nonstop UAE–Calgary Flights
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Etihad Launches First-Ever Nonstop UAE–Calgary Flights

Etihad Airways has announced a landmark expansion of its global network with the launch of the first-ever nonstop flights between the United Arab Emirates and Calgary. Launching on 3 November 2026, the new Abu Dhabi–Calgary service represents a major milestone for Etihad and a significant step forward in Abu Dhabi’s long-term vision to accelerate international […] The post Etihad Launches First-Ever Nonstop UAE–Calgary Flights appeared first on Travel Radar - Aviation News.

Travel Radar • Jan 30, 2026
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NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 
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NASA Aims to Advance Hypersonic Flight Testing with New Awards 

While NASA is working with U.S. aviation to explore commercial supersonic technologies, the agency is also looking forward to an even faster era of flight – one of vehicles that can fly hypersonic, or five times the speed of sound. And to further that vision, NASA has issued two awards for studies into vehicle concepts.  […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars
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Visualizing Perseverance’s AI-Planned Drive on Mars

Description This animation of NASA’s Perseverance was created with the Caspian visualization tool using data acquired during an 807-foot (246-meter) drive on the rim of Jezero Crater made by the rover on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The mission’s “drivers,” or rover planners, use the information to understand the Perseverance’s […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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Weather delays Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal
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Weather delays Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal

NASA is delaying a key fueling test for the Artemis 2 mission because of weather, reducing the chances the launch can take place during its February window. The post Weather delays Artemis 2 wet dress rehearsal appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceNews • Jan 30, 2026
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NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members
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NASA Honor Awards for Cold Atom Lab Team Members

NASA OUTSTANDING PUBLIC LEADERSHIP MEDAL Awarded for notable leadership accomplishments that have significantly influenced NASA’s mission. Sustained leadership and exceptionally high-impact leadership achievements demonstrate the individual’s effectiveness in advancing NASA’s goals and image in present and future terms. Kamal Oudrhiri – For outstanding leadership of the Cold Atom Laboratory, NASA’s first quantum laboratory in space. […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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A fireside chat with Space Force Gen. Shawn Bratton
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A fireside chat with Space Force Gen. Shawn Bratton

In this episode of Space Minds, SpaceNews senior staff writer Sandra Erwin sits down with Gen. Shawn Bratton, vice chair of space operations for the U.S. Space Force for a […] The post A fireside chat with Space Force Gen. Shawn Bratton appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceNews • Jan 30, 2026
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Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI
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Mapping Perseverance’s Route With AI

Description This annotated image from NASA’s HiRISE (High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image depicts the AI-planned route and the actual route taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover during its 807-foot (246-meter) drive on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The drive was the second of two demonstrations […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic
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NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition Program Releases Archived and Tasked Multispectral Data from Satellogic

“The mission of the CSDA Program is to identify, evaluate, and acquire data from commercial sources that support NASA’s Earth science research and application goals,” said CSDA Project Manager Dana Ostrenga. “The addition of this product from Satellogic to the SDX demonstrates the CSDA Program’s ongoing commitment to that mission, as well as to our […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars 
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars 

The team for the six-wheeled scientist used a vision-capable AI to create a safe route over the Red Planet’s surface without the input of human route planners.  NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence. Executed on Dec. 8 and 10, and led by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern Calif

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon
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Preparing for Artemis II: Training for a Mission Around the Moon

Four astronauts will soon travel beyond low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon on Artemis II, a mission that will test NASA’s systems and hardware for human exploration of deep space.  Since June 2023, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen have been preparing for their lunar journey. The approximately […]

NASA News • Jan 30, 2026
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RBC Signals partners with in-orbit relay developer Apolink
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RBC Signals partners with in-orbit relay developer Apolink

Apolink has partnered with ground segment provider RBC Signals to resell the startup’s proposed in-orbit relay services, aiming to fill connectivity gaps when satellites are out of view of terrestrial command-and-control links. The post RBC Signals partners with in-orbit relay developer Apolink appeared first on SpaceNews.

SpaceNews • Jan 30, 2026
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