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title: FAA says probe closed into SpaceX Starship Flight 8
description: The FAA ended its probe of SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap, blaming a hardware failure in one engine as the likely cause, the agency said Thursday.
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# FAA says probe closed into SpaceX Starship Flight 8

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WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it closed an agency-required investigation into a SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap, citing the probable cause as a hardware failure in one of the engines.

SpaceX identified eight corrective actions to prevent a re-occurrence and the FAA said it verified SpaceX implemented those prior to the Starship Flight 9 mission in late May.

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