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SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Reuters
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SpaceX poised for second launch of mega Starship rocket

SpaceX has insisted that explosions during the early stages of rocket development are welcome and help inform design choices faster than ground tests -- though time is ticking down for a modified...

FILE PHOTO: The SpaceX Starship is seen on its Boca Chica launchpad as a SpaceX flag flies from a parked car after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted a long-awaited license allowing Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch the rocket to orbit for the first time, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. April 16, 2023. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo To match Special Report SPACEX-MUSK/SAFETY
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At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk's rush to Mars

Smoke billows after an Israeli airstrike at the Rafah refugee camp on Oct. 17. Photographer: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel says it's discussing Starlink wartime backup with SpaceX

SpaceX's prototype Starship rocket for Nasa's Artemis 3 mission
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NASA may delay crewed lunar landing beyond Artemis 3 mission

FILE PHOTO: Commander Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner, and mission specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi representing Saudi Arabia pose before the planned Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, US 21 May, 2023. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
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Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station

The crew of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft, from left, Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, commandeer Peggy Whitson, pilot John Shoffner and Saudi Arabian astronaut Ali al-Qarni arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., before their launch to the International Space Station, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation's 1st woman in space, to ISS

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft, atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket, explodes after its launch on 20 April. Photo: Reuters
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SpaceX rocket explosion illustrates Elon Musk's 'successful failure' formula

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Elon Musk's wealth plunges $13 billion as drama unfolds across empire

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket lifts off from the company's Boca Chica launchpad on a brief uncrewed test flight near Brownsville, Texas. Photo: Reuters
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SpaceX's Starship, world's biggest rocket, explodes minutes after launch

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SpaceX to make second bid to launch Starship on test flight

SpaceX launches its first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket during a test from their facility in Boca Chica,Texas, US December 9, 2020. Photo :Reuters
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SpaceX reschedules Starship test flight for Thursday

Photographers set up remote cameras for the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, outside Pad 39A for a mission to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Steve Nesius
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SpaceX postpones debut flight of Starship rocket, citing frozen valve

SpaceX's first super heavy-lift Starship SN8 rocket explodes during a return-landing attempt after it launched from their facility on a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas US December 9, 2020/ Reuters
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SpaceX prepares for rehearsal, test flight of Starship rocket