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Spectators watch the final fiery moments of the Starship test flight

December 10, 2020 Spaceflight Now

Spectators on South Padre Island watch the Starship prototype end its test flight in a fiery crash landing on Dec. 9, 2020.

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  • ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission
    August 13, 2025
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    August 12, 2025
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  • Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut, dies at 97
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  • ULA’s Tory Bruno lays out plans for ramping up launch cadence
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  • Poor weather scrubs SpaceX’s second launch attempt to launch 24 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites from CAPE CANAVERAL
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  • Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s 450th flight-proven Falcon booster launched
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