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Wednesday, July 22, 2009, 05:30 (UTC)
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 Report from Royal International Air Tattoo 2009 The Royal International Air Tattoo is the largest military air show in the world. It is held every year on the third weekend of July at RAF Fairford base in Wiltshire, UK. This year it attracted in excess of 160,000 visitors.
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 Fortieth anniversary of first manned Moon landing On July 20, 1969, astronauts first stepped onto the Moon. Now, forty years later, President Obama meets with the men who made Apollo 11 a success and redefined an era in space exploration.
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 Black spot on Jupiter is impact site, says NASA A black spot about the size of the Earth that appeared on the upper cloud surface of the planet Jupiter on July 19 has been confirmed to the result of a massive object, probably a comet or asteroid, crashing into the planet, according to the results of infrared observations of the planet taken at NASA's Mauna Kea Observatory.
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 20 years on: Sioux City, Iowa remembers crash landing that killed 111 Twenty years ago, on July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash landed in Sioux City, Iowa, U.S.. 111 of those on board were killed - but the actions of the crew helped save the other 185 flying on the DC-10.
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