SpaceX launches Starship on test flight
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The 122-meter-tall Starship rocket system, the key vehicle for CEO Elon Musk's goal of sending humans to Mars, lifted off from SpaceX's Starbase, Texas, launch site. It flew beyond the point of two explosive attempts earlier this year that sent debris streaking over Caribbean islands and forced dozens of airliners to divert course.
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