Blue Origin rocket explodes
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The 12th test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines.
Liftoff from a new launchpad at SpaceX's Starbase facility on the southern tip of Texas was originally set for Thursday evening before a cascade of problems halted the countdown.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is twice the size of the SpaceX Falcon 9, and already flying -- unlike Starship.
SpaceX's upgraded Starship V3 rocket launched from southern Texas on Friday, carrying 20 dummy Starlink satellites and completing an hour-long spaceflight