SpaceX Starship Launch Delay ‘Necessary,’ FAA Administrator Tells Congress
Agency leader Mike Whitaker fields questions about the delayed fifth flight of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket.
Agency leader Mike Whitaker fields questions about the delayed fifth flight of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket.
Manufacturer’s self-flying EH216-S takes to the skies above Quadra, São Paulo, in front of Brazilian aviation officials.
Manufacturer Electra performs demonstration flights for the military under a $85 million contract with the U.S. Air Force.
The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.
Air taxi manufacturers will have another opportunity to showcase their technology to the world at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
The manufacturer’s hybrid-electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) design goes airborne at neighborhood driving speeds through the use of blown lift propulsion.
NASA intends to deploy the reusable capsule for crew rotation missions to the International Space Station, but the program has been marred by delays.
XB-1 flight testing and evaluations will inform development of Boom’s Overture, a supersonic jet designed to carry 64-80 passengers twice as fast as subsonic airliners.
The FAA begins a third mishap investigation into SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster, which were lost during a test Thursday.
Previous flights of the X-37B, built by Boeing, were limited to low-Earth orbit, but its seventh mission could reach new heights.