FAA Aims to Finish SpaceX Starship Review in October
The SpaceX Starship explodes after launch for a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20.
Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images
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The US Federal Aviation Administration aims to wrap up its review in October of corrective actions Elon Musk’s SpaceX has taken following its Starship explosion, the agency’s acting administrator said on Wednesday.
The agency can’t issue a license for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. to resume test flights of its colossal rocket until its review is done, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Polly Trottenberg told reporters on the sidelines of an aerospace summit in Washington.