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Wednesday, 28 May 2025

BBC News

• Protesters who planned airport disruption jailedThe four Just Stop Oil protesters were planning to glue themselves to the airport taxiway last August.

Financial Times

• SpaceX Starship rocket fails to deploy satellites and explodes on re-entryElon Musk says leaks caused loss of pressure as rocket’s upper stage shatters over Indian Ocean

The Guardian

• SpaceX Starship breaks up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy testShip flew farther than on two previous attempts but sprang leaks and began spinning before re-entering the atmosphere out of controlAnother SpaceX Starship prototype broke up over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping the latest bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising Mars.The biggest and most powerful launch vehicle ever built lifted off at 6.36pm local time from the company’s facility near a southern Texas village that earlier this month voted to become a city also named Starbase.

Times Online

• Electric passenger aircraft could take flight with sodium fuel cells [subscription]A 'revolutionary' metal-air cell could deliver more five times as much energy as a lithium battery of the same weight and remove CO2 from the atmosphere

Other Regional Press

• Birmingham Airport braced for 'busiest half term ever' - plus tips for passengersThe airport will welcome 466,363 passengers, an increase of nine per cent from last year