FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starship

FAA clears SpaceX to launch Starship after explosive failure rained debris over populated islands
Federal regulators have closed an investigation into what went wrong when a SpaceX Starship spacecraft — part of the most powerful launch system ever constructed — exploded during a January test flight.
SpaceX set for Starship launch 2 months after explosive test flight
SpaceX aims to launch its Starship on a test flight two months after its last ended explosively over the Atlantic.
SpaceX gets FAA approval for Flight 8 of Starship megarocket
SpaceX has received approval from the U.S Federal Aviation Administration for Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket, which is targeted for Monday (March 3).
FAA clears SpaceX for another Starship test flight after explosion in January
SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.
SpaceX scrubs its Starship rocket launch
SpaceX Starship rocket breaks apart. A SpaceX Starship rocket broke apart shortly after launch on a test flight from south Texas on Thursday, January 16, causin
SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket on next test flight, after a fiery explosion ended the last one
SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on its next test flight on Monday. The vehicle’s upper stage exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the last such test.
FAA OKs SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch after Flight 7 mishap
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it cleared the SpaceX Starship vehicle to return to flight operations while an investigation into the January 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open.
SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight
The test flight will be a repeat of what SpaceX hoped to achieve on the previous Starship launch in January, when the rocket broke apart and showered debris over the Atlantic Ocean and Turks and Caicos Islands.
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