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Mike Wall

UNCOVERED: Firefly aerospace s alpha rocket fails during launch falls into the sea near antarctica | History Defined

Earth can be seen behind metallic tubing and wires on the outside of a spacecraft.

The sixth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket is officially a failure.

The two-stage, 96.7-foot-tall (29.6 meters) Alpha lifted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base this morning (April 29), carrying a technology demonstration for aerospace giant Lockheed Martin toward low Earth orbit (LEO).

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