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FAA Grounds SpaceX Starship After Test Flight Failure

  • The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating reports of debris from a failed SpaceX Starship test flight that landed in the Turks and Caicos Islands, causing property damage.
  • SpaceX is required to conduct a mishap investigation after the Starship vehicle broke up during its launch on January 16.
  • The FAA confirmed there were no public injuries, but there were reports of minimal property damage in Turks and Caicos.
  • SpaceX stated that debris would have fallen within designated hazard areas during the Starship test flight, which was part of its ongoing development campaign.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Friday that it left SpaceX's megarocket Starship on the ground pending an investigation by Elon Musk's company into why the top rocket module, an improved version, disintegrated on Thursday over the Caribbean during its last test flight.The unmanned device, the most ambitious ever built, exploded about eight minutes after the takeoff from Boca Chica (Texas, U.S.A.) on Thursday at around…

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The "Starship" rocket from the US space company SpaceX must remain on the ground for the time being after its failed test flight - krone.at reported. The US aviation authority FAA decided this on Friday and instructed the company of tech billionaire Elon Musk to conduct an investigation. Previously, the upper rocket stage exploded over the Caribbean during a test flight on Friday. The largest rocket system ever built was therefore unable to comp…

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