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Dr Mathew Adepoju, the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Space Research and Development Agency NASRDA

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy 🚀 launches GOES-U satellite to orbit from pad 39A in Florida. Two Falcon Heavy Side Boosters nail the landing.

🚀🚀 The second test launch of SpaceX's Starship got off to a successful start Saturday, with the booster separating from the spaceship, but both then exploded shortly after over the ocean. The rocket blasted off from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas shortly after 7:00 am local time (1300 GMT), according to AFP reports
Unlike the previous attempt in April, the booster rocket separated successfully from the mega ship, but then blew up, followed shortly by the spaceship itself.
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Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode SpaceX on Saturday made progress in the second test launch of its mammoth Starship rocket, with the booster separating from the spaceship, but both then exploding shortly after over the ocean.

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