The Federal Aviation Administration told lawmakers it is not considering replacing the telecommunication contracts it holds ...

The FAA informed lawmakers it has no plans to replace its telecommunications contracts with SpaceX's Starlink. Current ...

The FAA's statement Friday confirms that federal regulators have completed their review of SpaceX's mishap investigation report, which cites multiple root causes that led to the April 20 test ...

WASHINGTON (FAA) — The Federal Aviation Administration will allow SpaceX to perform as many as 25 Starship launches a year from its Texas site, five times the previous limit. The FAA issued a ...

On Monday, SpaceX requested that the FAA agree that last week's anomaly did not jeopardize public safety, clearing Falcon 9s to return to flight while the investigation remains open.

SpaceX owner Elon Musk has long bristled at regulators and previously has criticized the FAA as moving too slowly. In late 2020, the company launched a prototype of its Starship spacecraft in ...

The FAA said SpaceX had used the unapproved rocket propellant farm for the Falcon Heavy launch of the EchoStar XXIV/Jupiter mission, for which the FAA seeks a civil penalty of $283,009.

In line with FAA regulations, Musk's space company led the Starship investigation and largely created the list of 63 corrective actions for the FAA to approve. The agency requires SpaceX complete ...

“The FAA is responsible for and committed to protecting the public during commercial space transportation launch and reentry operations,” the FAA statement reads. SpaceX posted on its update ...

They say that the FAA failed to conduct an in-depth environmental review before allowing SpaceX to launch its Starship program, which is hoped to send people and cargo to the moon and one day, Mars.

The FAA's statement, which made no mention of the November timeframe, added that SpaceX submitted new information in mid-August for its proposed Starship launch that it continues to review.

SpaceX gets FAA approval for 25 Starship launches per year; Starship last launched on Jan. 16, for a test flight that was partially successful.