"SpaceX Successfully Launches Super Heavy-Starship Rocket on Third Test Flight"

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"SpaceX Successfully Launches Super Heavy-Starship Rocket on Third Test Flight"
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SpaceX successfully launched its massive Super Heavy-Starship rocket on its third test flight, aiming to boost the unpiloted upper stage into space on a sub-orbital hop to a controlled re-entry and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The test flight included ambitious goals such as controlled landings by both stages, propellant transfer tests, and the first restart of a Raptor engine outside the atmosphere, critical milestones for NASA's Artemis moon program.

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