ORLANDO, Fla. — The first flight of the SpaceX Starship with Super Heavy booster will have to bide its time a little longer.
Elon Musk’s plans to get an orbital test flight underway from the company’s southeast Texas launch facility has been awaiting approval from the Federal Aviation Administration. That won’t come until the FAA releases the results of a final Programmatic Environmental Assessment that was originally targeting to be complete by the end of 2021, but has seen a series of delays.
On Friday, the FAA announced it was pushing its expected release of that report to April 29. The assessment was expected March 28, but a statement from the FAA said it was currently reviewing and coordinating the final version with local, state and federal agencies before its release.
