The Federal Aviation Administration has closed its review into a SpaceX Starship booster return failure that occurred during a flight test in May. This closure clears the way for the company to launch the rocket's next test flight from Texas as soon as Thursday.
SpaceX plans to launch the newest version of its Starship rocket later this week. A previous mishap had postponed an earlier planned mission and prompted the FAA to require an investigation into the issue.
The upcoming flight will put Starship under higher pressure and will be used to test new Starlink satellites in orbit.
This will be the first Starship test flight for SpaceX as a public company. The mission will test the market's appetite for the company's "fly, fail, fix" approach to rocket development, which often ends in fireballs.