FAA, SpaceX and Starship
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Space.com on MSNSpaceX gets updated Starship launch license but still awaits Flight 9 approval"SpaceX may not launch until the FAA either closes the Starship Flight 8 mishap investigation or makes a return-to-flight determination."
SpaceX managed to send its developmental Starship back into space surpassing the explosive fates that befell its last two attempts, while also for the first time flying with a reused Super Heavy
SpaceX’s Starship launch on Tuesday evening marked a failure, following two earlier explosions in January and March.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially cleared SpaceX for its next Starship launch, which is now tentatively set for next week at the earliest.
The launch plans come more than two months after Starship’s last failed flight from Starbase. That flight, and its predecessor in January, ended in explosions.