Tuesday, July 8, 2025

US Air Force cancels landing pad plans on bird sanctuary island

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It's a busy day and we have lots of stories for your daily read, starting with the U.S. Air Force cancelling their plans for a Starship landing pad on a bird sanctuary island.

Other headlines for today include two Canadian companies working towards getting the country's first space mission up and running, exploring how Trump's budget cuts will affect the Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, and a deep dive into how long Superman's flight truly is from Krypton to Earth (hint: we have to figure out where Krypton might be located first). We've got all this and more in our roundup.

Thanks for exploring with us.

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