JULY 25, 2024 FALCON 9 RETURNS TO FLIGHT SpaceX submitted its mishap report to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding Falcon 9’s launch anomaly on July 11, 2024. SpaceX’s investigation team, with oversight from the FAA, was able to identify
[22 Jul 2024] The Falcon 9 rocket may return to flight as soon as Tuesday night
File photo of a Falcon 9 launch on May 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. SpaceX is waiting for a determination from the FAA. It was only about 10 days ago that the Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage
[04 Jun 2024] SpaceX lands FAA license for next Starship megarocket launch on June 6
SpaceX and the FAA have even outlined 3 ways Starship’s Flight 4 could fail and skip an anomaly investigation. SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. The company received an FAA launch license for
[30 Mar 2024] Senate bills seek to reform commercial space regulations
A Senate bill would extend the learning period limiting commercial human spaceflight occupant safetyregulations by five years but set into motion efforts to later create such regulations. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — Two bills recently introduced into the Senate would
[27 Feb 2024] SpaceX discloses cause of Starship anomalies as it clears an FAA hurdle
Starship launches on its second flight on November 18, 2023. A little more than three months after the most recent launch of a Starship vehicle, which ended with both the booster and upper stage being lost in flight, the Federal
[26 Feb 2024] FAA Closes Starship IFT-2 Mishap Investigation
The FAA said today it has closed its mishap investigation of the second orbital flight test of SpaceX’s Starship, OFT-2, that took place last November. SpaceX must implement a set of corrective actions before the FAA will issue a license