Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will not shoot to the moon with SpaceX’s Starship after all. Maezawa, who booked a private trip around the moon in 2018 on SpaceX’s Starship mega-rocket, has now scrapped the project – which he called dearMoon – after the rocket wasn’t ready to fly him and eight hand-picked artists in 2023. … Read more
Enlarge / Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images On Friday evening, the DearMoon project – a plan to launch a Japanese billionaire and ten other “crew members” on a … Read more
Enlarge / Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. NASA and Boeing officials are ready for a second attempt to launch the first crew test flight on the Starliner spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Saturday. Boeing’s Starliner, atop a … Read more
Event details Payload Blog NASA’s Boeing StarlinerManned Flight Test (CFT) June 1, 2024 12:25 PM Space Launch Complex 41 • Cape Canaveral Space Force Station UPDATE: All premium Launch Transportation Tickets and admission tickets purchased for the May 6 attempt remain valid for the next attempt, currently scheduled for no earlier than … Read more
Passengers on board a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida had a terrifying experience when they were told to prepare for an emergency landing on water. Flight NK270 had to return to its original destination, Montego Bay, shortly after takeoff on Saturday due to a “suspected mechanical problem,” CBS News reported. Video from the … Read more
Image caption, SunExpress defended the captain’s decision, saying it could not guarantee a nut-free environment on its flight to Dalaman Item information Author, Vincent McAviney Role, BBC London 4 hours ago A freelance BBC weather presenter says she was kicked off a flight from London Gatwick to Turkey after asking passengers not to eat peanuts. … Read more
Eden Garrity, 31, required surgery and intensive rehabilitation after an injury in 2019 A flight attendant whose leg was broken in seven places during heavy turbulence has won a six-figure payout after being forced to quit her dream job. Eden Garrity, 31, was pushing a trolley and serving passengers when the plane entered a tropical … Read more
A flight attendant who is unable to do her dream job after breaking her leg in seven places during heavy turbulence has won a six-figure payout. Eden Garrity, 31, was pushing a trolley when the Thomas Cook flight from Cuba to Manchester was caught in a fierce Atlantic hail storm. The impact of the turbulence … Read more
LOS ANGELES – SpaceX has set a June 5 launch date for its next integrated Starship test flight, with a focus on demonstrating the ability to leave both stages of the vehicle intact. SpaceX announced on May 24 that it plans to launch Starship during its fourth integrated flight test, also known as IFT-4, as … Read more
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Starship vehicle is undergoing a wet dress rehearsal ahead of its fourth launch attempt. SpaceX SpaceX is targeting June 5 for the next flight of its massive Starship rocket, the company said Friday. The highly anticipated test flight – the fourth in a program to make Starship operationally ready and make progress … Read more