Hawaii conservation groups are voicing their opposition to plans by the U.S. Space Force to conduct cargo rocket testing at Johnston Atoll, a national wildlife refuge in the Pacific. The atoll, known ...
WASHINGTON >> A project proposed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the Air Force to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll could harm the many seabirds that nest at the wildlife ...
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The Department of the Air Force has suspended plans to use an isolated Pacific island as a test site for landing rockets as it considers alternative sites. The service had chosen Johnston Atoll, an ...
The U.S. military is considering Johnston Atoll, a remote Pacific island chain that serves as an important refuge for dozens of seabird species, for "two commercial rocket landing pads" to test giant ...
Many different species of birds occupy Johnston Atoll — part of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument. Pictured is a masked booby and chick. “Landing massive rockets in one of the most ...
A Coast Guard HC-130 evacuates personnel off Johnston Atoll due to a hurricane threat in 2019. Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force is set to launch an environmental impact ...
Hawaii conservation groups are voicing their opposition to plans by the U.S. Space Force to conduct cargo rocket testing at Johnston Atoll, a national wildlife refuge in the Pacific.