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FAA to Take Public Comments on Impact of Allowing Starship Launches from Kennedy Space Center

By Rachel Jewett

Friday, August 22nd, 2025

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FAA to Take Public Comments on Impact of Allowing Starship Launches from Kennedy Space Center

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 mission on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the background on Launch Pad 39B in April 2022. Photo: NASA

The Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) released its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for SpaceX Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including how the launches could cause aircraft delays. This is part of a process for the FAA to potentially license SpaceX to conduct up to 44 Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at Launch Complex 39A, as well as landings of the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage. Starship is the massive rocket that SpaceX is developing to reach…

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

Congress

HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

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Army

Army Secretary Says “We Need To Over-Invest in FLRAA To Get It Online As Quickly As Possible”

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (HAC-D), said on Thursday that the Army’s budget plan beginning in fiscal 2027 has more than $2 billion […]

Congress

Pentagon Fiscal 2027 Budget To Address Cannibalization Of Parts For F-35, Legislator Says

The Pentagon’s upcoming fiscal 2027 budget request will help reduce the cannibalization of parts for the F-35 fighter by Lockheed Martin [LMT], the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee’s […]