Elon Musk’s Starship Super Heavy rocket was attempting a crucial demonstration to reach space for the first time before it exploded in April.
, as it was attempting a crucial demonstration to reach space for the first time.
The FAA, which regulates launch site safety, closed its review on Friday of SpaceX’s technical investigation into the launch mishap, citing “multiple root causes” of the failure and 63 corrective actions the company must undertake before it launches the rocket again. “The closure of the mishap investigation does not signal an immediate resumption of Starship launches at Boca Chica,” the agency said, referring to SpaceX’s sprawling Starship launch site in south Texas.
It was unclear whether SpaceX had already implemented some of the FAA’s 63 corrective actions, whose completion will largely determine the timing of Starship’s next launch.Elon Musk reacts to the test flight explosion in April.SpaceX must also obtain a modified FAA license to launch, which entails a sometimes-lengthy review of the Starship’s flight trajectory, accident probabilities, and other factors that could affect the safety of the nearby public.
“Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA license approval,” Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO and founder, wrote in a Tuesday post on X, the social media site previously known as Twitter that Musk also owns.
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