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SpaceX Starship ignition during its launch on IFT-5. | Credit: Steve Jurvetson; ; CC BY 2.0 The reports, “A last-second scrub aborted Thursday’s test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket. The countdown reached all the way to zero, and the engines started to ignite, but then everything was shut down. Elon Musk shared on X that some of the engines didn’t start, which triggered an automatic launch abort.

Main terminal and Air Traffic Control tower at Washington Dulles International Airport | Credit: ; Gemeinfrei reports on FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford discussing ATC modernization, MOSAIC, and hot-button issues facing general aviation. Full Story (Flying Magazine)

SpaceX Starship ignition during its launch on IFT-5. | Credit: Steve Jurvetson; ; CC BY 2.0 Spaceflight Now reports the mission will also test out a series of improvements to the launcher to help push it closer to full reusability. “Liftoff from Pad 2 at SpaceX’s Starbase facilities in southern Texas is scheduled during a 90-minute window that opens at 5:45 p.m. CDT (6:45 p.m. EDT / 2245 UTC).” Full Story (Spaceflight Now)

YFQ-42A CCA Flight Testing | Credit: General Atomics; YouTube; Framegrab Breaking Defense reports, “A US Air Force wingman drone for the first time “successfully” fired a live munition, an AMRAAM air-to-air missile, during a recent test, Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach revealed to Breaking Defense.” Full Story (Breaking Defense)

A Soyuz rocket launches to the ISS with Expedition 75 crew members NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Boeing 787 production line. | Jetstar Airways; reports, “Boeing delivered 314 commercial aircraft in the first half of 2026, its highest total for the period since 2018 as production of the 737 MAX continues to recover.” Full Story (Aerotime)

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket from California with 27 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base took place Monday, July 13, at 6:28:17 p.m. PDT (9:28:17 p.m. EDT).

Electra.aero’s EL2. | Credit: Electra.aero; ; CC0 reports the FAA has closed Electra’s G-1 issue paper, confirming Part 23 certification basis for its “Ultra Short” aircraft. Full Story (The Air Current)

MQ-25 deck handling demonstration. | Credit: U.S. Navy photo courtesy of The Boeing Co.; ; Public Domain Aerospace Global News reports Boeing’s MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker drone has completed its second test flight, bringing the aircraft closer to US Navy service. Full Story (Aerospace Global News)

SpaceX ignites all 33 engines on Starship booster in preparation for Flight 13 launch. | Credit: SpaceX via X; framegrab SPACE reports SpaceX completed an engine test of the next Super Heavy booster slated to launch Starship’s next mission, which could lift off as soon as next week. Full Story (SPACE)