"The FAA has directed SpaceX to lead an investigation of the Starship Super Heavy Flight 7 mishap with FAA oversight," the ...

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an ...

"During the event, the FAA activated a Debris Response Area and briefly slowed aircraft outside the area where space vehicle ...

Meanwhile, FAA revealed it briefly slowed down and diverted ... Inc. were forced to take avoidance action after a failed SpaceX Starship test flight exploded on Thursday, a Bloomberg report ...

In the fall of 2024, the tech billionaire said the FAA administrator should resign after the agency fined his company over ...

That’s a big accusation for what stems from a relatively small kerfuffle.

In a Jan. 17 statement, the FAA confirmed that it would require SpaceX to perform a mishap investigation for the Starship/Super Heavy test flight the previous day. On that launch, the Starship ...

"The FAA is aware an anomaly occurred during the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 mission that launched from Boca Chica, Texas, on Jan. 16," the agency said. "The FAA briefly slowed and diverted aircraft ...

The FAA said there were no reports of injuries from Starship debris. The last time a Starship upper stage failed was in March of last year, as it was re-entering Earth's atmosphere over the Indian ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk made light of Starship's fiery end. "Success is uncertain, but entertainment is guaranteed!" he said on X.

Mike Whitaker, the previous FAA administrator, stepped down on Inauguration Day after just over a year on the job. He’d ...