Starship successfully makes orbit – but the FAA has grounded it anyway
Third time's the charm! SpaceX's Starship roared into orbit today from the company's Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas. Larger and more powerful than the venerable Saturn V, the giant rocket lifted off into the history books at 8:25 am CDT.Starship may have been the premiere project of SpaceX and a key component of NASA's Artemis Moon program, but it was also the butt of many jokes and the target for skepticism. This isn't surprising, given the tendency of the Starship prototypes to blow up – including on the last two test…