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With the FAA’s recent approval of SpaceX’s new splashdown area, the company will be allowed to litter larger regions of the ...
Environmentalists are warning that SpaceX rocket debris is threatening the pristine waters of some Hawaiian islands.
The SpaceX Starship launches on its fourth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on June 6, 2024. The Starship is ...
A draft executive order viewed by ProPublica directs the secretary of transportation to “use all available authorities to ...
The U.S. Air Force announced last Thursday that it's suspending plans for testing hypersonic rocket delivery systems on a ...
In a statement, SpaceX sought to reassure residents saying that all the debris from the rocket should have "fallen within a pre-planned area," and that the rocket didn't comprise any toxic materials.
The skies overhead are already teeming with satellites. But their orbiting numbers will skyrocket in the near future as the ...
Debris from a SpaceX Starship rocket explosion has landed across the border in Mexico, sparking concern among environmental groups and prompting President Claudia Sheinbaum to consider legal ...
After SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Explosion—Debris, ... Environmental groups and some local residents have raised concerns about the impact of SpaceX’s activities on and around its base.
SpaceX rocket debris from different launches have also been found in the Bahamas and Europe. In December 2013, the Federal Aviation Administration approved launch licenses and experimental permits for ...
Workers clean debris at the SpaceX launch facility two days after the inaugural flight test of the combined Super Heavy rocket and Starship spacecraft on Saturday, April 22, 2023, in Boca Chica.
Space has a junk problem. Roughly 100 million pieces of debris larger than a millimeter -- ranging from defunct satellites to astronauts' gloves -- are orbiting the Earth. But the U.K.’s Surrey ...