SpaceX issues FAA license for upcoming launch of Starship megarocket on June 6

SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024.

SpaceX’s upcoming Starship megarocket officially has a license to fly. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Tuesday (June 4) issued a launch license to SpaceX for its Starship Flight 4 test mission, which is currently scheduled to lift off no earlier than Thursday, June 6, from the Starbase facility of the company near Boca Chica. … Read more

Japanese billionaire pulls the plug on private lunar mission ‘DearMoon’ Starship | TechCrunch

The Japanese billionaire who commissioned SpaceX for a private mission around the moon on a Starship rocket has abruptly canceled the project, citing continued uncertainty about when the launch vehicle will be ready to fly. “I signed the contract in 2018 based on the assumption that dearMoon would be launched by the end of 2023,” … Read more

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