SpaceX Completes Mostly Successful Starship Rocket Flight
SpaceX successfully completed its 12th test flight of the Starship rocket. The flight launched on Friday evening and concluded in the Indian Ocean after approximately one hour. This test marks another step in SpaceX's ongoing efforts to develop its next-generation spacecraft.
- ▪The Starship rocket was launched on Friday evening.
- ▪The flight lasted just over an hour before landing in the Indian Ocean.
- ▪This was the 12th test flight for SpaceX's Starship rocket.
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- ▪ SpaceX launches Starship v3 rocket — NBC News
- ▪ SpaceX’s massive, new Starship V3 rocket aborts its launch from Texas: ‘Wet dress rehearsal’ — New York Post
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