FAA clears SpaceX for another Starship test flight

SpaceX’s Starship: The most powerful rocket ever built calls off first flight attempt since explosive mishap
The Starship mission team is standing down for now, scrubbing its eighth test flight of the most powerful launch system ever built about six weeks after an explosive failure over populated islands.
Watch Live: SpaceX Attempts Starship Flight 8 After Explosion Rained Debris Over the Atlantic [Updated]
During test flight 8, SpaceX will also carry out multiple reentry experiments that are aimed toward returning the upper stage to the launch site so that it can be caught mid-air in a similar way to the booster. The flight will also include another booster catch attempt.
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 prepares for 8th Starship test launch after the 7th exploded in flight
BOCA CHICA BEACH, Tx. — During the eighth test of Starship, SpaceX plans to deploy Starlink satellite simulators while attempting to catch the Super Heavy booster for a third time. The famed 397-foot-tall (121 meter) Starship will be launched from the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, on Monday, SpaceX stated.
SpaceX gets FAA approval for Flight 8 of Starship megarocket
"The FAA issued a license modification authorizing the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch," FAA officials said in an emailed statement today (Feb. 28). "The FAA determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental and other licensing requirements for the suborbital test flight."
SpaceX Starship Launch Today Is First Flight Since January Explosion
Elon Musk’s rocket company will open a one-hour launch window Monday for the eighth flight of the SpaceX Starship from Starbase in south Texas.
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.
SpaceX Starship's 8th test flight scrubbed
On Monday, SpaceX called off its attempt to launch Starship’s 8th test flight. SpaceX was test launching its Starship rocket, with goals including Starship’s first payload deployment and multiple reentry experiments. SpaceX is currently determining the next best available opportunity to try again.
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.
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.
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