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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Science
Uwa Ede-Osifo

BIZARRE: Spacex starship megarocket blasts off before expected return for reuse - What They Never Told You

Rocket launch, with flames coming out of rocket booster and tons of smoke/steam.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 15 launches from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Friday. Photograph: Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images

SpaceX’s Starship megarocket blasted off from Texas on Friday afternoon as the aerospace company sought to make history with a double catch of its reusable rocket, but ultimately fell short.

Starship, the world’s largest rocket, standing at 407ft, is expected to orbit Earth about 14 times over the course of 22 hours, before the company catches the rocket at its launchpad at Starbase in south Texas.

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