JUST IN: FAA clears Starship Flight 14, SpaceX's first attempt to put Starship into orbit.
The FAA issued and made effective license VOL 23-129 Rev 9.0 on Sep 26, per the signed license posted on the FAA's regulatory database.
• Window: Mon, Sep 28 at 7:15 a.m. CT (5:15 a.m. PT), 75 minutes
• Payload: 26 Starlink V3 satellites, first V3s into the constellation
• Flight: ~6 orbits at ~275 km, splashdown west of Chile
• License: adds "Initial order for licensed Starship reentry"
All 13 Starship flights so far flew suborbital. Monday is the first shot at orbit.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 This is what sh*tting bricks looks like!
Imagine the heart racing in this Russian soldier after he took the first shot and missed...
But he didn’t waste his second chance. His life literally must have flashed before his eyes!
Writer: Jamie
Visiting the birthplace of the Wuchang Uprising in Wuhan!
This very spot—once the barracks of the 8th Engineering Battalion of the Hubei New Army—is where the first shot of the 1911 Revolution was fired on the night of October 10. That single gunshot sparked a nationwide revolution, ultimately toppling over 2,000 years of imperial rule in China.
Erected by the Wuhan government in 1987, this monument is topped with a striking rifle sculpture, symbolizing the fierce courage that changed history forever.