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SpaceX rocket booster makes successful landing after test launch – as it is caught by ‘chopsticks’ | Science & Tech News
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A SpaceX booster rocket has returned to earth and been caught by giant robotic arms – following a successful launch of the company’s Starship spacecraft. It was the first attempt to bring the rocket’s 232-foot (71 metre) Super Heavy booster back to the launch tower by re-igniting three of its 33 Raptor engines to slow…
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China allows rocket booster to fall uncontrolled to Earth | Science & Tech News
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Debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit has fallen into the sea in the Philippines, the Chinese government has announced. The China Manned Space Agency said most of the final stage of the Long March-5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere. Earlier the agency had said it…