WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday it has cleared the SpaceX Starship vehicle to return to flight operations while an investigation into the Jan. 16 Starship Flight 7 mishap remains open.

The FAA has authorized the SpaceX Starship Flight 8 launch while probing the Flight 7 incident. The mission involves a Super Heavy booster return to the launch site and a Starship water landing. Earlier,

SpaceX plans to launch its Starship megarocket on its next test flight on Monday. The vehicle’s upper stage exploded over the Atlantic Ocean during the last such test.

SpaceX has received approval from the U.S Federal Aviation Administration for Flight 8 of its Starship megarocket, which is targeted for Monday (March 3).

The test flight will be a repeat of what SpaceX hoped to achieve on the previous Starship launch in January, when the rocket broke apart and showered debris over the Atlantic Ocean and Turks and Caicos Islands.

SpaceX has attained authorization from regulators to fly its massive Starship rocket once again, the FAA announced on Friday.