SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas

Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it aims to reach orbit.

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SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas

Source: NPR News

SpaceX Starship Flight 14 launches from Texas on Monday. Flight 14 is planned to be the first to send Starship into orbit around the Earth as well as deploy Starlink satellites.

Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it aims to reach orbit.

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