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The Chinese government did not issue any public notices for pilots to avoid the rocket’s flight path, as is customary for space launches around the world.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026 -
Some 14,000 employees were thrown out of work, including 3,000 pilots, 5,500 flight attendants, and 5,500 ground maintenance employees.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2026
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Those killed in the March 12 crash include three active-duty airmen from the 6th Air Refueling Wing based in Tampa, Florida, and three National Guard airmen from the Ohio Air National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing.—
Shane Harris,
The Atlantic,
19 May 2026
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In the winter morning sunshine, two tanks and an armored personnel carrier moved slowly down Constitution Avenue, accompanied by troops carrying submachine guns, while soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines lined the street.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Thousands of family and friends crowded the pier for the roughly 3,500 sailors still on board, after the aviators who flew the planes attached to the carrier, flew off earlier in the week.—
Steve Walsh,
NPR,
23 May 2026
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These blackouts occur when intense X-ray and ultraviolet radiation from solar flares ionize Earth's upper atmosphere, interfering with high-frequency radio signals used by aviators, mariners and amateur radio operators.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
11 May 2026
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