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    "headline": "The Booster Failure Gets a Return-to-Flight Answer",
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    "dek": "The FAA cleared Starship prototypes to fly again after SpaceX changed engine-startup, alarm, and abort systems following May's booster loss.",
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    "body_text": "The Federal Aviation Administration cleared SpaceX to resume Starship tests after reviewing the May booster failure. The agency cited heat effects on propulsion components and erroneous engine-alarm settings; SpaceX says it changed the startup sequence and re-light, alarm, and abort systems. A flight could occur as soon as July 16 and would carry test third-generation Starlink satellites. Clearance confirms the investigation stage is complete, not that the redesigned systems have succeeded in flight.",
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      "title": "TechCrunch: FAA clears Starship return to flight",
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