FAA says probe closed into SpaceX Starship Flight 8

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it closed an agency-required investigation into a SpaceX Starship Flight 8 mishap, citing the probable cause as a hardware failure in one of the engines.

SpaceX identified eight corrective actions to prevent a re-occurrence and the FAA said it verified SpaceX implemented those prior to the Starship Flight 9 mission in late May.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese)