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SpaceX Starship ends mission with fiery splashdown
Original: SpaceX's Starship ends mission with fiery splashdown
SpaceX's Starship completed its latest test flight by splashing down in a dramatic fireball, with the vehicle breaking apart as it hit the water. The episode marks the latest entry in the company's iterative test programme, in which destruction during descent is often treated as a source of data rather than failure. Observers are closely tracking how each flight brings the huge rocket closer to operational use.
Why now: A spectacular end to a Starship test flight naturally draws wide attention to SpaceX's progress toward future missions.
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