FAA: Starship flight 9 mishap caused by fuel component failures

STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday morning that it has closed its investigation into the ninth Starship flight.

The investigation opened after the main focus of the ninth launch, the Super Heavy, was lost mid-flight on May 29.

"There are no reports of public injury or damage to public property. The FAA oversaw and accepted the findings of the SpaceX-led investigation," the FAA announced.

The FAA identified the probable root cause of the flight mishap as a failure of a fuel component.

"SpaceX identified corrective actions to prevent a recurrence of the event," the FAA stated.

SpaceX is cleared to proceed with Starship Flight 10 launch operations. However, a launch date for flight 10 has not been announced by SpaceX.

Two weeks ago, SpaceX conducted its first static fire test since an incident that startled the Cameron County community on June 18. The "mishap" made national headlines.

As previously reported by ValleyCentral, Brownsville leaders have reached out SpaceX and the newly incorporated city of Starbase to talk about the incident that according to Brownsville City Manager Helen Ramirez, could have caused "devastating loss of life."

ValleyCentral will continue to keep readers updated with the latest from SpaceX.