By Mike Wall, Published by Space.com, 29 April 2022 The FAA has repeatedly pushed back the estimated release date of the final report. We'll have to wait at least another month to see the results of the U.S Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) environmental review of SpaceX's Starship program. The FAA
By Shira Ovide, Published by the New York Times, 6 April 2022 Maybe you’ve wondered as I have: Is there a point to rocketing rich guys like Jeff Bezos and the “Star Trek” actor William Shatner into space? Wendy Whitman Cobb, an Air Force political scientist for space, says yes.
By Hannah Northey, Published by Greenwire, E&E News, 1 April 2022 In this March 28, 2005, photo, a sign posted outside a water well indicates perchlorate contamination at a site in Rialto, Calif. AP Photo/Ric Francis, File EPA yesterday announced it would maintain a Trump-era position of not regulating toxic
By Jeff Foust, Published by SpaceNews, 26 March 2022 SpaceX showed off a completed Starship/Super Heavy vehicle in February, but that vehicle now appears unlikely to perform the first orbital launch attempt once the FAA awards a license to the company. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has
By Russ Bynum, Published by abcNews, 9 March 2022 A Georgia county’s plan to buy land for launching commercial rockets has been rejected by voters in a referendum forced by opponents concerned about environmental and safety risks SAVANNAH, Ga. -- A Georgia county’s plan to build a rocket launch pad
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 7 March 2022 It's a form of pollution, after all. With increasing regularity, Earth's oceans are the drop zones for incoming leftovers from space. For decades, Russian Progress resupply spacecraft loaded with tons of waste from the International Space Station (ISS) have been intentionally
By Donna Lu, Published by the Guardian, 9 February 2022 Elon Musk’s firm says 80% of the satellites it launched last week are expected to burn up instead of reaching orbit SpaceX will lose up to 40 of the 49 Starlink satellites it launched last week as the result of
By Ryan Morrison, Published by the Daily Mail, 8 February 2022 ISS will plummet to Point Nemo when it retires in 2030 – a remote area 2,000 miles north of Antarctica where nations have been dumping satellites and stations since the 1970s NASA plans to de-orbit the International Space Station
