SpaceX Starship Grounded Again
The FAA begins a third mishap investigation into SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster, which were lost during a test Thursday.
The FAA begins a third mishap investigation into SpaceX’s Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster, which were lost during a test Thursday.
Saturday’s launch again ended in the loss of both Starship stages, prompting another FAA mishap investigation and potential delays to NASA’s Artemis moon mission program.
Friday’s anticipated Starship launch was delayed due to the need to replace hardware, chief executive Elon Musk said.
Musk’s previous predictions haven’t come to fruition, but this time, a fresh launch license backs the SpaceX CEO’s timeline.
Starship has been grounded since April after its maiden voyage ended in an explosion, but the massive spacecraft is getting closer to a second test flight.
The FAA pushed back on CEO Elon Musk’s assertion that the world’s most powerful rocket is ready for a second test flight after an April explosion.
The Meta CEO would add his name to a list that already includes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel—and rival Elon Musk.
The spacecraft could be out of operation for months as the FAA investigates the cause of last week’s launch explosion.
By Elon Musk’s standards, Thursday’s test flight was “a success.”
Elon Musk took to Twitter to weigh in on what hindered Monday’s planned launch.