USS Nimitz departs Bremerton Washington for the last time. Next destination is Norfolk Virginia for decommissioning.
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/l...
USS Nimitz departs Bremerton Washington for the last time. Next destination is Norfolk Virginia for decommissioning.
www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/l...
A foggy final farewell to the USS Nimitz leaving Puget Sound this morning for the last time....
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Just drove down to the beach this morning to eat breakfast and just happened to be here to watch the USS Nimitz sail by π΅βπ«π΅βπ« this might be the end of her last deployment since she just got decommissioned π΅βπ« Crazy! Just Seattle things :)
07.03.2026 17:10 β π 321 π 26 π¬ 13 π 1USS Nimitz on its final high tide departure from Puget Sound. Itβs headed to the East coast for decommissioning & scrapping.
07.03.2026 16:18 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0A view of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier, leaving the Bremerton Naval Shipyard, on its way to the East Coast to be decommissioned and scrapped after 50 years of service.
The USS Nimitz is sailing up Puget Sound on its final voyage this morning.
07.03.2026 16:17 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0WA state ferry trying to race the USS Nimitz this morning. Only one winner in this race.
07.03.2026 16:08 β π 14 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Great news sir! π
06.03.2026 21:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Personal news: I'm thrilled to announce that on Monday, I'm starting a new position at Air and Space Forces Magazine!
I'll be covering air warfare and Air Force acquisition for @airandspaceforces.com.web.brid.gy, including vital programs like F-35, B-21, CCA, F-47 and Sentinel. (1/x)
Here's one less threat to worry about ... or one less cosmic fireworks show to look forward to: NASA has ruled out any chance that an asteroid called 2024 Y4 will hit the moon in 2032. cosmiclog.com/2026/03/05/p... H/T @coreyspowell.bsky.social
05.03.2026 21:46 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0A good overview of the huge amount of stuff packed into the new NASA Authorization Bill that passed out of committee yesterday spacepolicyonline.com/news/senate-...
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News from Moses Lake
www.rtx.com/news/2026/03...
Good read!
05.03.2026 17:47 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Museum of Flight Red Barn
Museum of Flight Red Barn
Museum of Flight Red Barn
Museum of Flight Red Barn
Tickets now available!
Seattle Aerospace Bash
Saturday, April 18, 2026
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Museum of Flight - Red Barn
Come for food, friendship, and fun with a great meal, trivia contest, guest speakers and a raffle with aviation/space prizes.
seattleaviationexpo.com/seattle-aero...
Not often you have a C-130 Hercules flying over Gig Harbor
03.03.2026 20:06 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Cats sleeping
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South Korean launch provider INNOSPACE eyes Canadian expansion via Spaceport NovaΒ Scotia
In what could be a win-win scenario, Maritime Launch Services announced a strategic partnership with South Korean rocket developer INNOSPACE.
Avio has begun stacking the Vega C rocket for ESA's SMILE mission. The P120C first stage has gone vertical, and the Zefiro-40 second stage has been stacked atop it. Next is the Zefiro 9 third stage. Credit: ESA / CNES / Avio / Optique vidΓ©o du CSG / S. Martin / J. Georget
03.03.2026 06:43 β π 28 π 3 π¬ 3 π 0The plan is a βmajor evolutionβ of Franceβs deterrence posture, the president said in a long-awaited speech at the Γle Longue naval base in Brittany.
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Houston would like to host the 80th International Astronautical Congress in October 2029 β just months after the 60th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Here's the scoop on exactly when you can see tonight's total lunar eclipse - and perhaps just as importantly, exactly where you can find cloud-cover forecasts telling you how likely it is that you can see it. www.geekwire.com/2026/total-l... #eclipse #lunareclipse
02.03.2026 22:46 β π 0 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Two aviation safety bills were meant to respond to a regulator's recommendations after a deadly crash. One narrowly failed, and the other is drawing criticism.
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Firefly Aerospace is returning its Alpha launch vehicle to flight, with FLTA007's βStairway to Sevenβ scheduled to launch from Vandenberg's SLC-2W no earlier than 4:50 PM PST on Saturday.
written by Justin Davenport
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/02/fire...
I want to repeat comments I already made on this plot since some news outlets seem to ignore them: Hubble will not reenter until early 2030s. The curve here is alarming, but will flatten out as we hit solar minimum in the coming years. I still think it's time for NASA to take action on a reboost.
27.02.2026 21:08 β π 136 π 38 π¬ 5 π 1
What if you don't own your own 3400 channel aviation band receiver?
bit.ly/4sdaqN8
US Space Force pauses national security launches on ULA Vulcan rocket due to booster glitch www.space.com/space-explor...
26.02.2026 21:04 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Astronomers just watched a star 1,540 times the size of our sun transform into a hypergiant. Will it go supernova? www.space.com/astronomy/st...
26.02.2026 22:04 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0NASA rolls back its Space Launch System rocket and Orion crew capsule from the launch pad to the Vertical Assembly Building. Let's hope they can get everything fixed up in time to send four astronauts on a historic Artemis 2 trip around the moon in early April. cosmiclog.com/2026/02/25/m...
26.02.2026 04:10 β π 5 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0On its first night of operation, an astronomical alert system developed at the University of Washington sent out 800,000 notifications about changes in the night sky detected by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. www.geekwire.com/2026/rubin-o... H/T @vrubinobs.bsky.social @uwnews.uw.edu
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WATCH: An Italian patrol helicopter hovers above one of four submarines participating in NATO's Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Sicily on Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.
πΉ: Alison Bath / Stars and Stripes