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 ...

The U.S. Air Force has halted plans to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll using Elon Musk’s SpaceX, a U.S. military publication has reported. The decision was made ...

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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Johnston Atoll, with its Hawaiian name Kalama, is about 825 miles southwest of Hawaii in the Central Pacific. The unincorporated U.S. territory is in a preserve called the ...

The U.S. military is seeking to turn a remote Pacific wildlife refuge into a rocket landing site, a move that would benefit Elon Musk’s SpaceX company and could ultimately advance military ...

The United States Air Force has suspended a major test project that was being planned in collaboration with commercial space company SpaceX. Project Aimed to Revolutionize Military Cargo Transport The ...

“Installing rocket landing pads on Johnston Atoll cannot occur without significantly disrupting wildlife..." The U.S. military is considering Johnston Atoll, a remote Pacific island chain that serves ...

The idea is to launch rockets to carry big cargo loads around the world from the Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. A rocket’s red glare could soon light up the nation’s most unusual wildlife refuge ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this ...

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in ...

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 ...