AIR AND SPACE

Billionaire SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said in a social media post that he plans to send about five uncrewed Starships to Mars in about two years.

After Boeing workers went on strike Friday, new CEO Kelly Ortberg announced via email that "temporary furloughs" would be necessary to keep the company afloat.

A four-person SpaceX crew returned to Earth early Sunday after the Polaris Dawn mission, which included the first private spacewalk while they were orbiting above Earth.

The first private spacewalk is successfully underway by four astronauts in SpaceX's Polaris Dawn's mission. Earth was described as "gorgeous."

SpaceX launched the Polaris Dawn mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Press Site on Tuesday morning in a mission into Earth's Van Allen radiation belts.

Elon Musk predicted Saturday that crewed flights to Mars could begin within the next four years, with sustainable human settlements on Mars possibly beginning within two decades.

Swiss International Air Lines is implementing a balancing plate on certain Airbus jets to account for heavier first-class seats located up front.

Cathay Pacific has inspected its fleet of Airbus A350-1000 planes and is in the process of making repairs following a weekend engine component failure.

A new report claims meetings between Boeing and NASA executives in the days after announcing two astronauts were stranded decended into yelling and arguments.

An Alaska Airlines flight operated on a Boeing aircraft had to return to the airport it took off from on Sunday for an engine issue, local reports state.

NASA's announcement that the Boeing Starliner will make an uncrewed return while astronauts wait for an upcoming SpaceX mission comes amid federal probes of Elon Musk's businesses.

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is expected to launch next Monday, carrying four crewmembers to an altitude three times the distance of the International Space Station.

Passengers aboard a Swiss International Air Lines flight from over the weekend experienced a nearly day-long delay after a failed takeoff following a "stopover."

NASA is considering asking SpaceX to shuttle home the astronauts left stranded at the International Space Station after problems with Boeing's Starliner were discovered.

Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems executives will face questions at a two-day NTSB hearing over the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX door plug blowout.

A Frontier Airlines pilot was caught on video being arrested by Houston Police Department officers ahead of a scheduled flight to Dallas on Aug. 1, 2024.

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., plans to introduce a new bill requiring the Federal Aviation Administration to adhere to new safety requirements.