What's next for SpaceX Starship, following Thursday explosion? Musk says more testing
 · 3dWashington Times
SpaceX launches Starship mega rocket on another test flight after an explosion marred the last one
SpaceX said it made several improvements to the spacecraft following the accident, and last week the Federal Aviation Administration cleared Starship once more for launch. Starships soar out of ...
Elon Musk Reacts to Starship Explosion: 'Rockets Are Hard'
SpaceX lost contact with the Starship rocket minutes into its test flight on Thursday as it came tumbling down and broke apart.

SpaceX denies Starlink 'take over' of FAA contract

SpaceX confirms Starlink work at FAA but denies bid to replace Verizon
 · 10hBusinessMirror
Musk’s power play: SpaceX pushes to replace Verizon’s $2.4 billion FAA contract with Starlink
SpaceX engineer Ted Malaska showed up at the Federal Aviation Administration’s headquarters in Washington to deliver what he described as a directive from his boss Elon Musk: The agency will immediately start work on a program to deploy thousands of the company’s Starlink satellite terminals to support
SpaceX denies Starlink 'take over' of FAA contract, as Verizon $2.4B air traffic control deal hangs in balance
Another SpaceX test flight ends in flames, with debris grounding planes
This was Starship’s eighth flight test and follows a failed flight in January. The spacecraft is essential to Elon Musk’s vision of eventually colonizing Mars.
Elon Musk Wants SpaceX To Fix Air Traffic Control. Here’s Why It Won’t Work.
Satellite service Starlink doesn’t have the capabilities to be the FAA’s comms backbone. Trump officials may take a $2.4B contract from Verizon and give it to Musk’s company anyway.
SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion
Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test flight as the spacecraft came tumbling down and broke apart.
FAA workers threatened with firing if they ‘impede’ Elon Musk’s SpaceX federal deal: Report
He reportedly issued his directive as Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Musk is firing thousands of federal workers via DOGE. The move triggered conflict of interest concerns as Musk appears to be dismantling the federal system as his own company seeks to take over lucrative work amid an employee shortfall he is creating.
SpaceX loses bid to dismiss suit accusing company of firing workers critical of Musk
An appeals court rejected SpaceX’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the National Labor Relations Board that accused the company of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk.
As Musk’s influence in Washington grows, Tesla’s stock sinks—erasing $103 billion from his net worth
Tesla shares have declined every week since Elon Musk went to Washington
 · 3hCryptopolitan on MSN
Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E costs him $151B in wealth as Tesla keeps underperforming in all markets
FAA briefly halts flights to several Florida airports after SpaceX rocket testing failure
It’s the second time this year that SpaceX experienced a mishap during a flight test of Starship resulting in debris raining down.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Launch Failure Sparks Numerous Airport Delays
Multiple airports in Florida were temporarily placed under a ground stop after a massive SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in flight on Thursday night, according to the National Airspace System.