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华盛顿5月27日（路透社）——美国联邦航空局当地时间周三表示，已责令SpaceX调查其星舰助推器在上周试飞期间发生事故并坠入墨西哥湾的原因。
美国联邦航空局称，经认定，5月22日进行的SpaceX星舰第12次发射出现事故，事故涉及超重型助推器在级间分离后飞回墨西哥湾的过程中发生意外。
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SpaceX未立即回应置评请求。
美国联邦航空局补充称，目前没有公众受伤或公共财产受损的报告。该局表示，将监督由SpaceX主导的调查，全程参与调查流程，并批准该公司的最终调查报告，包括任何整改措施。
这是SpaceX自2023年以来第12次星舰原型机试飞，也是其V3版本的首次试飞，周五的试飞在多数环节取得成功：部署了多颗模拟卫星，并让航天器在印度洋实现了可控溅落。但超重型助推器未能实现受控着陆，最终翻滚坠入墨西哥湾。
美国联邦航空局表示，此次调查旨在提升公共安全、查明事故原因，并确定防止事故再次发生的措施。
在确认与事故相关的任何系统、流程或程序不会危及公共安全后，美国联邦航空局将批准星舰-超重型运载火箭恢复飞行。
星舰对于降低SpaceX的发射成本、拓展其现金牛业务——星链卫星网络——以及支持太空计算、轨道人工智能数据中心卫星部署以及人类登月乃至火星任务等未来项目至关重要。
该公司已斥资逾150亿美元开发这款有望成为比现有运载火箭运载能力更强的完全可重复使用火箭。
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FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship booster mishap
2026-05-27 16:31:39 UTC / Reuters
By David Shepardson
May 27, 2026 4:31 PM UTC Updated 2 hours ago
The SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy Booster lifts off on its 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, U.S., May 22, 2026. REUTERS/Steve Nesius Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
WASHINGTON, May 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration ordered SpaceX to investigate why its Starship booster suffered a mishap and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico during a test flight last week, the agency said on Wednesday.
The FAA said it determined the SpaceX Starship Flight 12 launch on May 22 resulted in a mishap that involved its Super Heavy booster as it flew back to the Gulf of Mexico after stage separation.
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SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The FAA added there were no reports of injuries to members of the public or damage to public property. The FAA said it will oversee the SpaceX-led investigation, be involved in every step of the process, and approve the company’s final report, including any corrective actions.
SpaceX’s 12th test flight of a Starship prototype since 2023, and the first of its V3 iteration, was successful on most counts on Friday. It deployed a clutch of mock satellites and executed a controlled splashdown of the spacecraft in the Indian Ocean. But it failed to achieve a controlled landing of the Super Heavy booster, which tumbled into the Gulf.
The probe is designed to boost public safety, determine the cause of the mishap, and identify actions to prevent it from happening again, the FAA said.
The FAA will approve a return to flight of the Starship-Super Heavy vehicle after ensuring any system, process, or procedure related to the mishap does not affect public safety.
Starship is critical to lowering SpaceX’s launch costs, expanding its Starlink satellite business – its cash engine – and supporting future undertakings such as space-based computing, deployment of orbital AI data-center satellites and human missions to the moon and potentially Mars.
The company has spent more than $15 billion developing what it hopes will become a fully reusable rocket capable of carrying far larger payloads than existing launch systems.
Reporting by David Shepardson and Juby Babu in Mexico City; Editing by Shilpi Majumdar, Paul Simao, Rod Nickel
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