SpaceX has secured regulatory clearance for the tenth integrated test flight of its Starship launch system and is targeting no earlier than Aug. 24 for liftoff from Boca Chica, Texas. The flight is seen as a pivotal milestone for NASA’s Artemis lunar-exploration program, which plans to use a crew-rated version of Starship as its Moon lander. Under the current mission profile, Super Heavy Booster 16 will propel Ship 37 toward space before performing a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico rather than attempting a tower catch. Once in suborbital flight, Ship 37 is scheduled to deploy a batch of Starlink simulator satellites, execute an in-space Raptor engine relight and test its heat-shield tiles during atmospheric re-entry. The campaign follows Flight 9 and a recent Ship 36 static-fire anomaly, whose findings SpaceX detailed in a technical report released Friday. Demonstrating consistent booster recovery procedures and data-rich re-entries will be essential as the company works toward certifying Starship for operational cargo and crew missions.