Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated US territory and Pacific island wildlife refuge with a complicated military history, is no ...

The military had been looking at a remote atoll in the Pacific Ocean as a location to land cargo-carrying rockets.

WASHINGTON >> The U.S. Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo ...

A remote Pacific wildlife refuge, once targeted for SpaceX rocket testing, has been spared—at least for now—as the Air Force backs away from controversial plans amid mounting pressure from ...

A great frigatebird chick scolds neighboring seabirds as they fly past its nest on Johnston Island, within the Johnston Atoll ...

The U.S. Air Force has halted plans to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll using Elon Musk’s ...

Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge >> Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Johnston Atoll is an unincorporated U.S. territory made up of four islands (Johnston, ...

Red-footed boobies and great frigatebirds fly above Johnston Island, within the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, in 2019. (Ryan Rash/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Reuters) ...

The Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and the surrounding Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument protect vital nesting habitat for seabirds, shallow coral reefs and marine habitat for ...

Seabirds on a pier at Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, one of seven refuges that are part of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. Jordan Akiyama/Fish and Wildlife Service.