The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the second spaceflight attempt of its towering Starship rocket, the agency said Wednesday.

The company needed approval from the FAA pending an environmental review alongside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. SpaceX posted on the social media platform X shortly after the greenlight that it was "targeting Friday, November 17 for Starship's second flight test."

Starship first launched in April, achieving flight for a few minutes before exploding mid-air, severely damaging the ground infrastructure and raising environmental concerns.

The FAA in coordination with FWS launched a safety review and "determined SpaceX met all safety, environmental, policy and financial responsibility requirements," the agency said in a statement Wednesday.

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