FAA To Require Starship Mishap Report

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For the third time in as many flight tests, the FAA will require SpaceX to complete a mishap investigation prior to resuming launches of its Starship-Super Heavy system, the agency said May 30. Starship Flight 9 ended less than halfway into a planned 66-min. flight test on May 27 after an upper...
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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