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SpaceX will conduct the sixth flight test of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, as soon as November 18, following the ...

Less than a month has passed since the historic fifth flight of SpaceX's Starship, during which the company caught the booster with mechanical arms back at the launch pad in Texas. Now ...

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SpaceX has revealed that it is targeting Monday, November 18, for the sixth test of the Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket comprising the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper ...

SpaceX's Starship megarocket will fly for the sixth time ever less than two weeks from now, if all goes according to plan. Elon Musk's company announced today (Nov. 6) that it's targeting Nov. 18 ...

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SpaceX will conduct the sixth flight test of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, as soon as November 18, following the smooth success of the previous mission less than a month ago.