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The test flight is SpaceX's first attempt to βcatch both the Super Heavy booster and upper stage spacecraft of the rocket at its launch site in Starbase, Texas.
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Elon Muskβs company will try to grab both parts of the rocket for the first time.
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Jared Isaacman founded a tech company at 16 and bankrolled two private SpaceX missions before a turbulent path to NASAβs top job. Now heβs defending the agencyβs partnership with Elon Muskβs company and says the US is on track to return astronauts to the moon before China gets there.
As it races to develop its new massive rocket, the space launch company is preparing to retire NASA's main ride to the International Space Station.
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Flight 15 expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over 22 hours, before company catches it at Starbase, Texas
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But Musk said success was not guaranteed.
An alliance with Airtel, one of Indiaβs largest telcos, opens the door for Elon Muskβs satellite giant to access the worldβs second-largest internet user base.
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[Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XM0lpVlvo0] NASASpaceFlight (below) has multiple angles of the booster explosion if you scrub back. Today was supposed to be the first time in history that an entire orbital launch system would be recovered, but that milestone will have to wait. The Starship itself has already deployed 22 payloads though, and it may still be able to return to SpaceXβs Starbase.
SpaceX hopes to bring its entire Starship rocket back to Earth intact after launch, a feat that has never been attempted. Follow for the latest updates.
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SpaceX has launched what could be an unprecedented test flight of Starship β the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed β from the companyβs facilities in Starbase, Texas.
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Musk called the merger βa good idea,β though he cautioned it wasnβt a guarantee.
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For decades, space travel has meant throwing away millions of dollars on one-time-use rockets and parts. Enter Starship. If Elon Muskβs SpaceX can βcatchβ its latest spaceship after it reenters Earthβs atmosphere, the company could change space exploration forever.
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If all goes according to plan, SpaceX will put on an extraordinary show beginning just minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX will spend $74B on two AI supercomputing sites, a $50B campus in Arizona and a $24B gas-powered site at Starbase, Texas, to serve AI firms.
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The merger would be a blockbuster for Wall Streetβs dealmakers, creating a conglomerate housing EVs, energy storage batteries, rockets and satellites.