Mars

The Mars Phoenix probe recently made only the 3rd soft landing (landing using retro-rockets and not airbags like the previous 3 landers), the others being Vikings 1,2 in the 1970's. Spaceflightnow, a spaceflight website, is a good site to follow the mission (http://spaceflightnow.com/). Another site is the University of Arizona's (who are the prime controllers of the mission) Phoenix mission page, http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/.
Kalitta Air 747
A 747-200F cargo jet operated by Kalitta Air recently aborted it's take-off at Brussels airport and skidded off the runway. The resulting damage was spectacular with the fuselage from over the middle of the wings aft splitting and going upward and the tail section pointing downward. The plane stayed in one piece, just one piece broken in various sections. None of the crew were hurt. for more info see the Aviation Safety Network entry at http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080525-0.
Virgin America A319
Today a Virgin american A319 flew into Griffiss from Columbus, Ohio for maintenance. What makes this flight unusual is that the plane involved is probably an a former Skybus Airlines plane. Skybus was a low-fare carrier that was based out of Columbus and operated to mostly secondary airports like Westover, MA. Unfortunately the carrier didn't survive long and ceased operations a few months ago and now it's planes which were all A319's are going to other carriers.