SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight successful despite abandoning booster catch

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The roughly 400-foot-tall (122-meter-tall) rocket system, designed to land astronauts on the moon and ferry crews to Mars, lifted off at 4 p.m. CT (2200 GMT) from SpaceX's sprawling rocket development site in Boca Chica, Texas.
CNA
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SpaceX has launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching it with giant mechanical arms.
The Gazette
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The first stage, called Super Heavy, is due to return to land by falling into giant mechanical arms on its launch tower, while Starship travels around Earth for a planned daytime splashdown in the Indian Ocean some 90 minutes later.
Deccan Herald
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SpaceX's launch system, comprised of the booster and Starship upper spacecraft, cleared the tower shortly after 4 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
Gulf News

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