SpaceX Starship reaches orbit for first time | 7NEWS

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SpaceX’s Starship mega rocket successfully reached Earth’s orbit for the first time during its 14th test flight, deploying 26 Starlink satellites before an engine failure cut the planned 10-hour mission to three hours. The 40-storey uncrewed spacecraft launched from Texas and ended with a fiery splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA and Elon Musk plan to use Starship to return astronauts to the Moon by 2028, with long-term ambitions to reach Mars.

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