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Starship's First Return
SpaceX’s Starship returned to its Texas launch site for the first time after an orbital flight lasting about 22 hours, landing between the arms of the Mechazilla launch tower after completing 14 orbits around Earth. The spacecraft deployed 26 Starlink satellites, but the Super Heavy booster failed to return, meaning the company could not recover both stages of the rocket in the same mission. The spacecraft’s return marks an important step toward developing a fully reusable rocket, though challenges involving the heat shield and in-orbit fuel transfer remain. The project has cost more than $15 billion, and NASA is counting on it for lunar missions.
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