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Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test
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Elon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean.
Elon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean.
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