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SpaceX aims to safely land Starship and booster stage after orbital flight
SpaceX will attempt to launch the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, Starship, orbit the Earth and then land both the booster and upper stage safely back at the launch site for reuse.
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SpaceX will attempt to launch the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, Starship, orbit the Earth and then land both the booster and upper stage safely back at the launch site for reuse. This test flight is the most ambitious to date and could show that the company’s ambitions to build reusable spacecraft are bearing fruit.
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