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SpaceX launches Starship’s fourth flight of the year, splashes down booster instead of catching it
SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to date on Tuesday.
SpaceX had aimed to return the rocket's "Super Heavy" booster after it separated from Starship and land it on the arms of the company's launch tower. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Elon Musk explains the operations of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in a control room on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX management, in audio posted after the launch on social media by Musk, revealed that Starship's booster nearly missed the catch due to a timing issue with one of the rocket's subsystems.
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