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Of the 50 launches this year, SpaceX has launched 47.

The FAA said Friday it has closed its investigation into SpaceX's failed debut of Starship, the world's biggest rocket. The agency says SpaceX needs to take 63 corrective actions and apply for a modified license before it can launch again.

NASA's Crew-7 mission will now spend about six months living and working on the International Space Station.

The crew of four will have to wait at least another day before another launch attempt. The reason for the scrub was not announced.

In the final minute of the countdown, SpaceX waved off a launch attempt of its triple-booster rocket.

More than 7,000 pounds of supplies are heading to the station, including science experiments and a new set of solar arrays to boost station's power capacity.

The return caps a nine-day mission to the International Space Station. The mission was funded by Axiom Space, a company that wants to build and operate the world's first commercial space station.

Saudi Arabia's first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight. The crew will spend just over a week there before returning home.

The mandatory isolation aims to protect the current station crew from any Earth-based pathogens that could hitch a ride with the four private astronauts.

Getting Starship off the ground is costing the commercial spaceflight company billions of dollars at a time when money is tight. Some analysts think more funding will be needed.

The monster-sized, stainless steel, uncrewed spacecraft cleared the launch tower but failed to separate from its booster, spinning in the air before succumbing to a blast of flames.

They splashed down Saturday night around 9 p.m. in the Gulf of Mexico near Tampa. Images captured on social media show the streak of light as the capsule made its way back into the atmosphere.