SpaceX Starship Is ‘Ready to Launch’ Again—Or Is It?
The FAA pushed back on CEO Elon Musk’s assertion that the world’s most powerful rocket is ready for a second test flight after an April explosion.
The FAA pushed back on CEO Elon Musk’s assertion that the world’s most powerful rocket is ready for a second test flight after an April explosion.
The agency’s seventh Commercial Crew rotation mission successfully docked with the orbital laboratory Sunday.
We explore that question and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.
Elon Musk and SpaceX continue to provide hopeful updates on the next Starship flight, but red tape may delay the launch.
The existing Congressional prohibition on regulating commercial human spaceflight is set to expire in October.
Launch represents the company’s third fully commercial flight and 10th crewed mission to space.
In the lawsuit, environmental groups accuse the FAA of making environmental concessions to SpaceX.
The spacecraft could be out of operation for months as the FAA investigates the cause of last week’s launch explosion.
By Elon Musk’s standards, Thursday’s test flight was “a success.”
Elon Musk took to Twitter to weigh in on what hindered Monday’s planned launch.