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The one agency that might have the muscle to oppose Elon Musk
1 month, 1 week ago

The one agency that might have the muscle to oppose Elon Musk

Politico  

But now Musk is getting a chance to wield untold amounts of power over the aviation regulator’s future after President-elect Donald Trump put him and fellow MAGA cheerleader Vivek Ramaswamy in charge of an effort to transform and shrink the federal government. “He has met an agency that doesn’t just bend, … that has a very clear mission,” said one …

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States Seek to Establish Space Coast Compact to Protect American Prosperity
1 month, 3 weeks ago

States Seek to Establish Space Coast Compact to Protect American Prosperity

Live Mint  

Tensions between SpaceX and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have escalated into a public debate, with SpaceX challenging the agency's authority to impose strict regulations on its operations. The FAA is seeking $633,009 in civil fines for alleged violations related to two recent SpaceX launches. SpaceX has maintained that the FAA's actions are arbitrary and politically motivated, arguing that the …

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Charted: How SpaceX broke the world record for rocket launches
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Charted: How SpaceX broke the world record for rocket launches

The Independent  

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SpaceX rescue mission for stranded astronauts suffers setback
2 months, 3 weeks ago

SpaceX rescue mission for stranded astronauts suffers setback

The Independent  

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SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Is the US breaking a 50-year-old space law?
3 months, 1 week ago

SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Is the US breaking a 50-year-old space law?

Al Jazeera  

It will be the first-ever spacewalk on a private mission. A Cold War treaty faces a new test “This is a mission which violates Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty,” Tomasso Sgobba, executive director of the Netherlands-based International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety told Al Jazeera in an interview. “If was not adopted, it would have been …

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FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing
3 months, 3 weeks ago

FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing

The Hindu  

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the predawn accident off the Florida coast. The FAA said it must approve SpaceX’s accident findings and corrective action before the company can resume Falcon 9 launches. Besides …

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FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing
3 months, 3 weeks ago

FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames at landing

Associated Press  

SpaceX launches are on hold after a booster rocket toppled over in flames while landing Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration grounded the company’s Falcon 9 rockets and ordered an investigation following the predawn accident off the Florida coast. The FAA said it must approve SpaceX’s accident findings and corrective action before the company can resume Falcon 9 launches. Besides the …

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FAA clears SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for launch after malfunction
4 months, 4 weeks ago

FAA clears SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket for launch after malfunction

LA Times  

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to resume launch operations after the company determined the cause of an engine failure earlier this month. The company’s primary commercial rocket was lifting a payload of 20 internet Starlink satellites into orbit on July 11 when the second-stage engine misfired, leaving the satellites in a lower orbit …

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Elon Musk claims SpaceX Starship will take humanity to Mars despite aircraft exploding under atmospheric pressure after launch
9 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk claims SpaceX Starship will take humanity to Mars despite aircraft exploding under atmospheric pressure after launch

Daily Mail  

Elon Musk proudly proclaimed 'Starship will take humanity to Mars' after the massive rocket hit a major milestone of reaching orbit during a Thursday flight test. The two-stage craft, consisting of the Starship cruise vessel mounted atop its towering Super Heavy rocket booster, took off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, flight test facility on the Gulf Coast at 9:25am ET. …

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FAA says Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could KILL someone by 2035 - but SpaceX calls report 'preposterous, unjustified, and inaccurate'
1 year, 2 months ago

FAA says Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could KILL someone by 2035 - but SpaceX calls report 'preposterous, unjustified, and inaccurate'

Daily Mail  

A new Federal Aviation Administration report warns Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could kill or seriously injure someone by 2035. Musk's SpaceX is not taking the allegations lying down - the company's principal engineer called the analysis 'preposterous, unjustified and inaccurate' in a letter to the FAA and Congress. A new Federal Aviation Administration report warns Elon Musk's Starlink satellites could …

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Blue Origin to return to space as US government ends mishap investigation
1 year, 2 months ago

Blue Origin to return to space as US government ends mishap investigation

India Today  

The US Federal Aviation Administration concluded its investigation into the failure of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital vehicle clearing it to resume tourist flights to space in the coming months. The investigation, conducted by Blue Origin with oversight from the FAA and input from the National Transportation Safety Board and Nasa's Flight Opportunities Program and Commercial Crew Office, identified the …

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US govt halts flight of Musk's Starship, suggest 63 changes to behemoth rocket
1 year, 3 months ago

US govt halts flight of Musk's Starship, suggest 63 changes to behemoth rocket

India Today  

Elon Musk's SpaceX is facing a series of regulatory hurdles before it can relaunch its ambitious Starship rocket. The Federal Aviation Administration has mandated 63 corrective actions following an investigation into the failed debut of the Starship, currently the world's largest rocket. Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, responded to the accident by implementing improvements to the 394-foot rocket and …

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Silent, disk-shaped UFO seen by 12 United Airlines staff over Chicago airport may hold key to interstellar space travel, group of 30 physicists say
1 year, 3 months ago

Silent, disk-shaped UFO seen by 12 United Airlines staff over Chicago airport may hold key to interstellar space travel, group of 30 physicists say

Daily Mail  

'Warp bubble' created by the drive would explain the UFO's 'lack of radar signal' Spacecraft powered by an 'Alcubierre warp drive,' would 'benefit' from a classic flying saucer shape, similar to the 2006 Chicago O'Hare UFO, the physicists said An international think-tank of physicists believes a famous UFO sighting in Chicago may hold clues about 'faster than light' space travel. …

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A tense divide over SpaceX deepens in South Texas after recent rocket launch and explosion
1 year, 5 months ago

A tense divide over SpaceX deepens in South Texas after recent rocket launch and explosion

CNN  

Boca Chica, Texas CNN — With the towering SpaceX launch site behind him, Justin LeClaire spotted something astonishing in a grassy, sandflat mosaic of protected wilderness on the southern tip of Texas, near the Gulf of Mexico. “When you have just a handful of people taking on the FAA and SpaceX, I would not say the cards are stacked in …

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The Titanic sub disaster spotlights another extreme venture: space tourism
1 year, 6 months ago

The Titanic sub disaster spotlights another extreme venture: space tourism

LA Times  

A SpaceX Starship rocket test launch in 2020. Business SpaceX’s new space tourism offer: 5-day flight in Crew Dragon capsule SpaceX teams up with tourism firm Space Adventures, saying a Crew Dragon capsule trip could send private citizens even higher into space. Commercial passengers who strap into a vehicle operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Virgin Galactic Holdings or Blue Origin …

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Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully sends four people to space
1 year, 6 months ago

Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully sends four people to space

Daily Mail  

Billionaire Richard Branson is back in the space race. Federal aviation authorities banned Virgin Galactic launches after Branson's maiden flight in 2021 led to an investigation when it veered off course during its descent back to the runway in the New Mexico desert. The VSS Unity spaceplane hung 54.2 miles above Earth's surface for three minutes, allowing the space tourists …

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Environmentalists sue US regulator over impact of SpaceX launches
1 year, 7 months ago

Environmentalists sue US regulator over impact of SpaceX launches

Al Jazeera  

SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded over the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 and debris was scattered from the launch pad. Conservation groups have sued the United States Federal Aviation Administration, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The lawsuit filed on …

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Musk says SpaceX Starship rocket launch slipping to later in April
1 year, 8 months ago

Musk says SpaceX Starship rocket launch slipping to later in April

Live Mint  

A key SpaceX Starship Super Heavy rocket launch test now is likely to take place later this month rather than sometime this week, the space company's CEO Elon Musk said on Monday. The rocket is scheduled to lift off from SpaceX's Starbase facilities at Boca Chica in South Texas in the first launch of the company's fully stacked 394-foot tall …

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What is NOTAM, the FAA computer system that halted all US flights?
1 year, 11 months ago

What is NOTAM, the FAA computer system that halted all US flights?

CNN  

New York CNN — A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all US flights provides airlines with a digital bulletin board of crucial safety updates. “Today’s FAA catastrophic system failure is a clear sign that America’s transportation network desperately needs significant upgrades,” said Geoff Freeman, CEO of the US Travel Association, a …

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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch
2 years, 3 months ago

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket suffers failure seconds into uncrewed launch

LA Times  

A manned New Shepard rocket lifts off from Blue Origin’s spaceport near Van Horn, Texas, on July 20, 2021. Blue Origin aborted a launch of its suborbital New Shepard rocket shortly after takeoff in West Texas, the first major failure for Jeff Bezos’ space travel company since transitioning to routine commercial flights. “This wasn’t planned, and we don’t have any …

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Space accidents: NTSB, FAA agree on leading investigations
2 years, 3 months ago

Space accidents: NTSB, FAA agree on leading investigations

Associated Press  

HOUSTON — Two federal agencies agreed Friday which one will lead investigations of accidents in the nascent commercial space business that includes launching tourists far above the Earth. The National Transportation Safety Board will take the lead investigating accidents that involve death or serious injury or that create potentially deadly debris. The agreement announced at NASA’s Mission Control Center in …

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FAA offers fix for snarled Florida air travel this summer
2 years, 7 months ago

FAA offers fix for snarled Florida air travel this summer

Associated Press  

Federal officials are promising to add air traffic controllers and take other steps to improve the flow of planes in Florida, which airlines say has become a weak link in the national airspace. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it will add staff at a key air traffic control center in Jacksonville and other places, although it didn’t provide …

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SpaceX successfully assembles a full 400ft Starship rocket
2 years, 10 months ago

SpaceX successfully assembles a full 400ft Starship rocket

Daily Mail  

The massive 400ft Starship rocket has been assembled on a launch platform by SpaceX, ahead of an announcement on the future of the heavy lift launcher tonight. The latest development in Boca Chica saw the firm stack a two-stage Starship rocket - with the upper stage being lifted on to the Super Heavy booster using a trio of robotic arms …

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North Korean missile: Early warning systems first suggested it could hit US, causing temporary scramble
2 years, 11 months ago

North Korean missile: Early warning systems first suggested it could hit US, causing temporary scramble

CNN  

CNN — In the minutes after North Korea launched a ballistic missile around 7:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, the US command responsible for protecting the American homeland from airborne threats raced to determine whether the missile might be capable of striking the United States – and for a moment, took steps as if it was. US officials are still …

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