Thursday’s update follows the FAA’s decision to issue a launch license earlier this month for SpaceX’s 9th Starship test flight and modify the license to expand the company’s annual ...

The FAA determined that the loss of the Super Heavy booster is covered by one of the approved test induced damage exceptions requested by SpaceX for certain flight events and system components.

Business FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight SpaceX's mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

FAA demands an accident investigation into SpaceX's latest out-of-control Starship flight SpaceX cannot launch another Starship until the investigation is completed.

Musk had hinted on Tuesday, May 13, that SpaceX could launch its Starship "next week" on its ninth flight test from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas.

In a statement Thursday, the FAA said SpaceX is authorized to launch the next Starship test flight, known as Flight 9, after finding the company "meets all of the rigorous safety, environmental ...

(Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX needs to figure out what happened on the ninth test flight of its Starship megarocket, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decreed.

For Starship Flight 9, the FAA has collaborated with the United Kingdom, Turks & Caicos Islands, Bahamas, Mexico and Cuba, since all had an up-close view of the last two flights’ destruction.

After exploding on back-to-back test flights in January and March, SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket has been greenlit for a ninth launch—with new safety considerations. The FAA on Thursday ...

The FAA expanded a predetermined keep-out zone, or Aircraft Hazard Area, on Starship's flight path from 885 nautical miles to 1,600 nautical miles, extending eastward from SpaceX's launch site on ...