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The unmanned Starship, the largest rocket system ever built, lifted off from the SpaceX port in Texas on Thursday for a third test flight after two failed previous attempts, according to live-streamed images. The test flight of the system developed by billionaire Elon Musk’s space company was scheduled to last about one hour, with both rocket stages set to conduct a controlled landing in the sea afterwards. During a first test last April, the entire missile system exploded after just a few minutes. During a second test in November, the two rocket stages separated and the upper stage continued …

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