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SpaceX cleared to fly Starship again after booster failure in May

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SpaceX has been cleared to resume Starship test flights following a booster failure in May. Per TechCrunch, this will be the company's first Starship test as a publicly-traded entity, offering the market a look at SpaceX's 'fly, fail, fix' development philosophy—an approach that often concludes in fireballs.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/13/spacex-cleared-to-fly-s...

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