The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted SpaceX the license it needed for the fourth flight test of its massive Starship rocket this week.
After the previous launch achieved Starship’s first reentry from space, SpaceX says its next objectives will be executing a landing burn and soft splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico with the Super Heavy booster, and a controlled entry of Starship.
What happens when remote villages get Starlink and all the good and bad that comes with unfettered internet access? The New York Times traveled deep into the Amazon rainforest to find out:
Modern society has dealt with these issues over decades as the internet continued its relentless march. The Marubo and other Indigenous tribes, who have resisted modernity for generations, are now confronting the internet’s potential and peril all at once, while debating what it will mean for their identity and culture.
The contrast and familiarity of the NYT’s photography is striking, seeing people hunched over their brightly lit rectangles hoping for just one more hit of dopamine.
NASA, Boeing, and the United Launch Alliance had hoped for a shorter delay, but NASA says the ULA is taking more time to troubleshoot an issue with ground launch systems that halted the mission less than four minutes from liftoff.
The next launch window begins on June 5th.
With just 3 minutes and 50 seconds to go, one of three redundant ground computers involved in the launch was slow to respond, triggering a hold and the call to abort liftoff, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno said during a press conference today.
The next target for launch is 12:03PM ET tomorrow.
