If it were up to SpaceX, Flight 5 likely would've been in the books two months ago; the company said that Starship was ready to go from a technical standpoint in early August. Launches require ...
In a groundbreaking achievement, SpaceX has successfully caught its Starship rocket booster as it returned to Earth after a successful launch. This historic moment marks a significant milestone in the ...
SpaceX redesigned Starship’s heat shield for this test after Starship lost fragments of its shielding during reentry in June. The company used new heat shielding tiles and added an extra backup ...
Still, the FAA has granted SpaceX its long-awaited license to move forward with Starship’s fifth uncrewed test launch. The agency announced Saturday that SpaceX had “met all safety ...
The FAA explained its reasoning in an emailed statement to Space.com on Sept. 11. "SpaceX's current license authorizing the Starship Flight 4 launch also allows for multiple flights of the same ...
"The FAA has issued a license modification authorizing SpaceX to launch multiple missions of the Starship/Super Heavy vehicle on the Flight 5 mission profile," FAA officials wrote in an Oct.