The US Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it has closed its investigation into the Starship Flight 9 mishap and accepted SpaceX’s corrective-action report, clearing the company to resume launches under its existing license. The regulator confirmed no injuries or public-property damage resulted from the May incident and said the root cause was a fuel-system fault that SpaceX has addressed. Within hours of the FAA notice, SpaceX announced it is targeting Sunday, Aug. 24, for the tenth integrated test flight of its Starship launch system from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas. The launch window opens at 6:30 p.m. Central Time, and the mission will use Ship 37 atop Super Heavy Booster 16. SpaceX plans to splash the booster down in the Gulf of Mexico rather than attempt a tower catch, while the upper stage aims to reach sub-orbit, test a Raptor in-space burn, deploy a batch of Starlink simulator satellites and gather additional thermal-protection-system data during re-entry. Preparations accelerated this week after Ship 37 completed a six-engine spin-prime test on 13 Aug., its first run since the replacement of a Raptor Vacuum engine. The vehicle returned to the Mega Bay for inspections and final outfitting, while Pad 1 is being reconfigured to accept Booster 16 for full-stack integration and any requisite wet-dress rehearsals. Separately, SpaceX unveiled the first grid fin for its next-generation Super Heavy boosters. The redesigned fins are 50 % larger, fabricated for higher strength and reduce the count from four to three, a change the company says will allow the booster to descend at steeper angles and improve controllability for future recovery attempts.