SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May | TechCrunch0

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• July 13, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorized SpaceX to fly Starship prototypes again, after the company identified the probable cause of the rocket system’s booster stage failure during a flight in May. SpaceX said over the weekend that the next Starship flight could take place this Thursday, July 16. It would be the second release of