Imagine a major international airport with rockets and satellites instead of planes and a commute 10 hours from the nearest major city.   That’s the vision put forward by Space Centre Australia’s James Palmer as representatives from NASA and the Australian Space Agency gather in far north Queensland.  Planning is underway for Australia’s next spaceport at…

In the days that followed the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4 by an air-to-air Sidewinder missile fired by a U.S. fighter jet off the South Carolina coast, there has been a sudden rash of supposed UFO sightings. On Feb. 10, the Pentagon said it shot down an unidentified object over…

In the days that followed the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon on Feb. 4 by an air-to-air Sidewinder missile fired by a U.S. fighter jet off the South Carolina coast, there has been a sudden rash of supposed UFO sightings. On Feb. 10, the Pentagon said it shot down an unidentified object over…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in an update late on Saturday that it has closed some airspace in Montana for Defense Department activities. The temporary flight restriction from the FAA was issued for flights in an area about 50 by 50 nautical miles above Havre, Montana, near the Canadian border. The notice reclassified…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) closed some airspace in Montana on Saturday night for Defense Department activities. The temporary flight restriction from the FAA was issued for flights in an area about 50 by 50 nautical miles above Havre, Montana, near the Canadian border, the agency said. The notice reclassified the area as “national…

WARSAW, Poland—Russian airlines will be banned from entering Polish airspace, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, a day after Russian forces moved against Ukraine with a multi-pronged invasion that has sent Western leaders scrambling to mount a response. “I have ordered the preparation of a resolution of the council of ministers which will…

TEL AVIV, Israel—Dozens of drones floated through the skies of Tel Aviv on Monday, ferrying cartons of ice cream and sushi across the city in an experiment that officials hope provided a glimpse of the not-too-distant future. Israel’s National Drone Initiative, a government program, carried out the drill to prepare for a world in which…