The FAA has closed its 'mishap investigation' into the first Starship launch and the second flight test might be closer than expected.
In a post on X last week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote, "Starship is ready to launch, awaiting FAA license approval." SpaceX also shared footage and images of a fully-stacked Starship on the launch pad at the company's Starbase facility in south Texas.
Essentially, SpaceX has confirmed its major pre-flight preparations are complete, having conducted a series of on both Ship 25 and Booster 9 in recent months. Now, it must complete the changes outlined by the FAA."well over a thousand changes" to Starship based on its own internal investigation into the first flight. It has, for example, added a "vented interstage" and a heat shield on the top of its Super Heavy prototype to allow for a hot-staging separation after launch.
The first launch of Starship blew a crater into the launch pad at Starbase, sending debris far and wide. The extensive damage is believed to have damaged nearby wildlife habitats, reportedly leaving. Starship's manual termination of Starship is also thought to have taken longer than it should have. "Corrective actions include redesigns of vehicle hardware to prevent leaks and fires, redesign of the launch pad to increase its robustness, incorporation of additional reviews in the design process, additional analysis and testing of safety critical systems and components including the Autonomous Flight Safety System, and the application of additional change control practices," FAA officials wrote in last week's statement.
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