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SpaceX’s ninth test flight of Starship launches into space, ends in a spin


SpaceX's Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an

SpaceX’s Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Indian Ocean. As a result of the two explosions, the FAA expanded the size of hazard areas in the U.S. and other countries for the flight based on an updated safety analysis provided by SpaceX. Kirsten Korosec is a reporter and editor who has covered the future of transportation from EVs and autonomous vehicles to urban air mobility and in-car tech for more than a decade.

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