FAA Approves SpaceX for More Starship Test Missions
Regulator issues a modified launch and reentry license that allows launching multiple flights under the vehicle’s Flight 7 configuration and mission profile.
Regulator issues a modified launch and reentry license that allows launching multiple flights under the vehicle’s Flight 7 configuration and mission profile.
Organized by a public interest group, 120 researchers have expressed concern about the number of satellites in low Earth orbit.
Findings from the Artemis I test mission have forced the space agency to recalculate its plans for future flights.
Space agency provides updates on nine of its commercial partners developing the destinations and technology that will maintain a human presence on orbit beyond this decade.
Space agency’s launch provider of choice has been called upon to handle yet another critical mission.
Within the next decade, the agency believes its commercial partners can develop vehicles to land a lunar rover and habitat on the moon.
SpaceX aims to increase the number of authorized Starship launches at its Starbase launch pad in Texas from five to 25 per year.
Starship reignites one of its six Raptor engines on orbit for the first time, demonstrating a capability that will come into play during future missions.
Largest and most powerful rocket to ever fly could lift off on its sixth test flight as early as Monday at 5 p.m. EST.
Private companies launched or landed on U.S. soil 148 times in fiscal year 2024, a 30 percent increase year over year.