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SpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocket

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Updated 44m ago

  • 3 more outlets picked it up in the last 3 hours, most recently CNBC, CNN, CBS News.

The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to ​catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas.

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  1. CNBCSpaceX launches Starship in key test flight of massive rocketThe test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to ​catch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas.
  2. CNNSpaceX’s Starship lifts off on unprecedented test flight
  3. CBS NewsSpaceX launches first-of-its-kind Starship test flightThe SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship was designed from the ground up to be fully reusable in a bid to lower launch costs.
  4. BBCSetback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch testElon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean.
  5. Scientific American(subscription required)Can SpaceX catch its Starship?The 15th spaceflight of SpaceX’s giant launch vehicle aimed for something unprecedented: snatching both rocket stages from midair after a journey to orbit. So far, it’s proved only partially successful.
  6. Ars TechnicaRocket Report: Starship set for historic test flight; a century of Electron"You can simplify it as a big tank feeding engines."