FAA Clears SpaceX For Next Starship Flight Test

Starship

The Starship vehicle being prepared for SpaceX's next flight test was extensively tested following the loss of the last two vehicles.

Credit: SpaceX
A week after receiving SpaceX’s report about why its last Starship failed, the FAA cleared the company for another attempt to send its new reusable spacecraft on a near-orbital swing around the planet. SpaceX has not yet announced a date for the ninth Starship-Super Heavy flight test, which includes...
Irene Klotz

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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