The Federal Aviation Administration gave the green light Thursday for SpaceX to launch the next test flight of its Starship mega-rocket as soon as next week, following two consecutive failures earlier this year.

SpaceX's Starship was approved to return to flight by the Federal Aviation Administration, a move that tees up the rocket for its ninth test flight. During the upcoming launch out of South Texas, Elon Musk's company will try out a process it has never done before,