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SpaceX capsule with ailing astronaut lands safely off San Diego
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (572+ words) An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others on Thursday,ending their space station missionmore than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the Dragon capsule to a 12:41 a.m. splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego,…...
Alaska Airlines adds five nonstop flights from San Diego next spring
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (159+ words) Alaska Airlines announced Monday it will add five new year-round nonstop flights from San Diego International Airport'beginning next spring. A new nonstop route from San Diego to Tulsa, Oklahoma, begins March 18. Nonstop flights to Dallas-Fort Worth, Oakland, Raleigh-Durham and Santa…...
Look up Monday night to see San Diego's first 'Supermoon' of 2025
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (195+ words) But our comunity journalism can't exist without the support of readers like you. Will you help us reach our fundraising goal? If we reach 100 first-time donors, we'll unlock additional funds! The first "supermoon" of 2025 should be visible over most of…...
NASA Moon mission with San Diego splashdown could launch Feb. 5
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) NASA plans to launch four astronauts on a 10-day mission around the Moon with a splashdown off San Diego as early as February. The space agency announced this week that the Artemis II mission could launch as early as Feb....
Essay: Recalling San Diego's first mid-air disaster on PSA 182 anniversary
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (453+ words) At 9:02 a.m. 47 years ago Thursday, a terrifically hot late September Monday, Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 182 banking steeply over North Park on final approach to Lindbergh Field clipped a four-seat Cessna model 172 on a training flight. The resulting crash killed 137 people in…...
Former aerospace engineer ‘Stutz’ still having a blast at 100
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (735+ words) As newspapers continue to shutter throughout the country, we're working harder to keep showing up for you. Will you help us meet our $14,000 fundraising goal and keep San Diego informed? NORTH PACIFIC BEACH " Hubert "Stutz" Sturtevant, a resident of Ivy…...
First look at new Terminal 1: Join our SAN airport photo, video tour
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (877+ words) Don't worry," said our Terminal 1 guide. Those flying out of T1 at San Diego International Airport before Sept. 23 and returning on that date or later won't be in a space-time warp. Just visiting the new concourse. We have people here that…...
SAN to SUN – Alaska adds flights from San Diego to Sun Valley
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (158+ words) Alaska Airlines will launch new seasonal nonstop service between San Diego International Airport (SAN) and Sun Valley, Idaho this winter. The flights, to Friedman Memorial Airport (SUN), will operate three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, beginning Dec....
After 58 years, SAN's Terminal 1 to be replaced in September
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (715+ words) What do the Super Bowl, the word "tween" and Terminal 1 at the San Diego International Airport have in common? They all originated in 1967. Rob Winn, 69, was a tween when Terminal 1 opened " and waiting for his ride in the forecourt of…...
Camp Pendleton helicopter crew makes safe emergency landing in South Bay
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (146+ words) The crew of the Marine Corps' Bell UH-1Y helicopter had detected a possible malfunction, the USMC reported Friday. The crew of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter made a safe emergency landing in Otay Mesa this week after detecting a possible malfunction,…...