Three SpaceX workers hired as temporary FAA employees are barred from accessing the Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s systems, ethics records reveal.
The Federal Aviation Administration announced plans to "supercharge" hiring efforts for air traffic controllers after a recent slew of fatal air crashes.
A FedEx Boeing 767 cargo plane struck a bird while departing Newark Airport, New Jersey, on Saturday and made an emergency landing with one engine on fire.
"The FAA issued a license modification authorizing the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch," FAA officials said in an emailed statement today (Feb. 28). "The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight."
The FAA has given its approval for the next flight of SpaceX’s Starship even while the investigation into the failed previous flight continues.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy pledges to seek billions of dollars to improve the country’s aviation system.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is considering canceling its $2.4 billion air traffic control communications system contract with Verizon and