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A House subcommittee grilled the Office of Space Commerce on its plan for a single opt-in "Space Commerce Certification" to fast-track approval of orbital manufacturing, satellite servicing, and lunar ventures that fall outside FAA and FCC authority.
Read the story →The FAA closed its Flight 12 mishap investigation on July 13, pinning the Super Heavy booster loss on heat effects and bad engine alarm settings, and cleared SpaceX for a Flight 13 attempt as soon as July 16.
Miami-based City Labs flew its tritium-powered BOHR CubeSat on SpaceX's Transporter-17, becoming the first commercial mission to clear the FAA's NSPM-20 nuclear-launch pathway with Sandia's safety sign-off.
With Zero-G Corp grounded and NASA buying its own 737, a self-funded startup armed with a Dassault Falcon 50 is stepping into the commercial parabolic flight market to serve researchers left without a ride.
A new Air Force initiative would transform decommissioned offshore oil rigs into sea-based rocket recovery stations — extending Space Force launch flexibility and reducing dependence on a handful of fixed land-based pads.
Flight 12 introduced the larger Starship V3 and got further than the headlines suggest — the ship flew its mission. But the booster crashed, the FAA has ordered a mishap investigation, and the capability Artemis is waiting for still hasn't been shown.
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