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SpaceX sends Starship into orbit from Boca Chica Beach in historic first

SpaceX sends Starship into orbit from Boca Chica Beach in historic first
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S paceX launched Starship Flight 14 from Boca Chica at 7:49 a.m. Monday for an attempt at its first orbital test flight, initially expected to last nearly 10 hours before a planned splashdown in the South Pacific far off the coast of Chile. Attempting orbit nearly didn’t happen at all, and the gr...

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