FAA Orders Mishap Investigation Following Starship Flight 12

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Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX must complete an investigation into the May 22 Starship-Super Heavy flight test, following a mishap involving the first-stage booster, the FAA announced May 27. Although the company completed a full-duration test run of the new Starship-Super Heavy Version 3 (V3), following stage separation...
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Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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