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SpaceX launched and landed an upgraded prototype for the company’s next-generation Starship vehicle in South Texas on Wednesday, the company’s first Starship test flight since winning a $2.9 billion NASA contract to use the craft to land astronauts on the Moon.
Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO tweeted: “Starship landing nominal!”
The 164-foot-tall (50-meter) stainless steel rocket flew to an altitude of about 33,000 feet (10 kilometers) over SpaceX’s rocket development and test facility in Cameron County, Texas, after lifting off at 6:24 p.m. EDT (2224 GMT). Around six minutes after takeoff, the rocket landed vertically back at the same test site at Boca Chica Beach near Brownsville.
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A call for a routine vehicle tow near Boca Chica Beach turned into a death investigation after a tow truck driver found the body of a 56-year-old man while pulling a minivan out of the water.
Deputies with the Cameron County Sheriff s Office responded to the scene at around noon Tuesday. Early reports show that the unidentified Florida man may have drowned overnight, authorities said.
Justice of the Peace Mary Esther Sorola said the man may have tried to call for help but couldn t get through because of his location.
A call for a routine vehicle tow near Boca Chica Beach turned into a death investigation after a tow truck driver found the body of a man while pulling a minivan out of the water.
This was no accident : Family sues SpaceX for negligence
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The SpaceX-built Starship SN10 sits obscured on the launch pad Monday, March 1, 2021 in Boca Chica in far south Texas after Monday s scheduled launch was scrubbed due to poor weather conditions. The launch has been rescheduled for some time during the day, Wednesday, March 3, 2021.William Luther, Staff / William Luther
A Rio Grande Valley family is suing SpaceX for negligence following a fatal vehicle accident on Texas 4 before dawn on June 7 near the company’s facility outside Brownsville.
Carlos Venegas, 35, of San Benito, was killed and his wife and three children were injured when their vehicle slammed into an eighteen-wheeler. The truck was stopped in the middle of the highway while trying to turn into the SpaceX facility near Boca Chica village.