SpaceX Gets Green Light for Third Starship Test Flight
By
Lorenzo DiMaggio
1 min read
⚠️ Heads up: this article is from our "experimental era" — a beautiful mess of enthusiasm ✨, caffeine ☕, and user-submitted chaos 🤹. We kept it because it’s part of our journey 🛤️ (and hey, everyone has awkward teenage years 😅).
SpaceX has received clearance from the FAA for its third Starship test flight, scheduled for March 14th. The upcoming launch aims to achieve ambitious objectives, including in-space engine burns, payload door operation, and a controlled reentry. With revised safety measures, SpaceX is targeting a splashdown in the Indian Ocean to maximize public safety. The FAA has stipulated corrective actions for SpaceX based on previous test flight incidents, and the upcoming launch marks a crucial step in SpaceX's Starship development.