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SpaceX Starship ends flight with fiery ocean splashdown
Original: SpaceX's Starship splashes down in fiery ocean landing
SpaceX's Starship completed its flight with a splashdown in the ocean, breaking apart in a fiery descent as it hit the water. The test flight drew wide attention as the company continues developing the rocket for future missions to the Moon and Mars. SpaceX typically treats such destructive endings as a source of data rather than failure, and reaction has focused on what the landing means for the programme's next steps.
Why now: Starship test flights draw major public interest, and the dramatic fiery ending makes for striking footage and questions about the rocket's progress.
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- SpaceX's Starship splashes down in fiery ocean landing · Fox Business
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