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SpaceX Starship launch: third time’s the charm?
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Now that the Federal Aviation Administration has granted SpaceX a license(pdf), the third test flight of its Starship Super Heavy vehicle could take place as soon as Thursday morning. But following a problem with a propellant valve, the Peregrine lander from Astrobotic didn’t make it to the Moon and instead burned up in Earth’s atmosphere, having failed to deliver its 20 payloads, including a number of NASA experiments. All three of the Raptor engines cut off when the spaceship reached an altitude of roughly 41,000 feet, and the massive steel vessel began to plummet back to Earth, pitched over on its side, looking like a grain silo in free fall.
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