FAA to oversee SpaceX-led investigation into Starship mishap

March 14, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, begins its lift off on its third launch from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Joe Skipp

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it will oversee a SpaceX-led investigation into a mishap involving both the booster and the Starship vehicle.

SpaceX's Starship rocket, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, completed nearly an entire test flight on its third try earlier on Thursday, making it much farther than before with a cruise through low orbit before being destroyed during a return to Earth.

(Reporting by Kanjyik Ghosh; Editing by Franklin Paul)



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