"US Government Blocks Reentry of Spacecraft Carrying HIV Drug Experiment"

Varda Space Industries' commercial spaceflight, carrying an orbiting laboratory named "Winnebago," is currently stuck in orbit as the company failed to obtain a re-entry license from the FAA. The FAA denied Varda's application due to non-compliance with regulatory requirements, but the company has requested a reconsideration. Re-entry licensing is still relatively new, with only two companies having received a commercial FAA re-entry license to date. The FAA's review is also holding up SpaceX's second full-scale test flight of the Starship rocket, but the agency is working closely with SpaceX to address corrective actions.