Aerospace and defense industry
FAA grounds SpaceX’s Starship after mid-flight explosion, reports property damage on Turks and Caicos
SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Jan. 16, 2025. Eric Gay | AP The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that SpaceX’s Starship rocket is grounded until the company and regulator complete an investigation into the midflight failure of the most recent test flight, which […]
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Dozens of flights diverted, delayed after FAA warned of SpaceX rocket debris
View of Space X’s Starship on the launch pad for its seventh test flight, in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. Maxar Technologies | Via Reuters Several commercial flights were diverted or delayed after SpaceX’s Starship rocket broke up during its seventh flight test on Thursday. Dozens of flights were affected, according to flight-tracker Flightradar24. The Federal Aviation […]
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Watch SpaceX launch Starship flight testing how it will deploy satellites in space
SpaceX is set to launch the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company looks to push development of the mammoth vehicle further, including with a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites. The company has an hour window, from 5 p.m. ET to 6 p.m. ET, to launch Starship […]
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Spirit Airlines cuts 200 jobs in bankruptcy cost-cutting scramble
A Spirit Airlines plane at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Leslie Josephs/CNBC Spirit Airlines is cutting about 200 jobs across the company as the struggling budget carrier seeks to reduce costs after it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November. “We are executing on plans to rightsize our organization to align with our current fleet […]
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Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket reaches orbit, misses booster landing
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket streaks into orbit after launching from the Kennedy Space Center on its maiden flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2025. Gregg Newton | Afp | Getty Images Blue Origin launched its towering New Glenn rocket for the first time on Thursday, in a crucial milestone for Jeff Bezos’ […]
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DOT sues Southwest, fines Frontier for ‘chronically delayed flights’
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 departs Los Angeles International Airport en route to Las Vegas on September 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Carter | Getty Images The Department of Transportation on Wednesday sued Southwest Airlines, alleging the carrier operated chronically delayed flights, and fined Frontier Airlines for late-arriving flights. The lawsuit follows a […]
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Firefly Aerospace kicks off first moon mission after SpaceX launch
The company’s Blue Ghost moon lander before shipping out for launch. Firefly Aerospace Another American company, Texas-based rocket and spacecraft builder Firefly Aerospace, is moon-bound. Firefly’s “Blue Ghost” cargo lander launched from Florida early Wednesday morning on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to begin a 45-day trip. The space transportation company’s first moon mission comes as […]
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Boeing delivered 30 airplanes in December, but gap with Airbus widened in 2024
Boeing 737 Max planes sit at the airport in Renton, Washington. Leslie Josephs | CNBC Boeing handed over 348 airplanes in 2024, about a third fewer than it did a year earlier as the aerospace giant struggled with a crisis after a midair door panel blowout a year ago and a machinist strike in the […]
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Southwest Airlines pauses corporate hiring, most summer internships to cut costs
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane taxis along the tarmac at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia on December 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty Images Southwest Airlines is pausing corporate hiring and promotions, suspending most of its summer internships and going without some employee team-building events that […]
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Airlines extend travel waivers due to LA wildfires
In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen during the Palisades fire in the Malibu area of Los Angeles county, California on January 9, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images Airlines have extended travel waivers for Los Angeles airports as wildfires continue to burn in the area. American Airlines, […]
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