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SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket, the largest ever built, takes off from the space company's Texas launch site. CEO Elon Musk hopes the ship will one day colonize Mars and NASA is awaiting a modified version to land humans on the Moon. The first test in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. IMAGES
NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, marking the start of the space agency's new flagship program, Artemis. The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT). IMAGES
NASA's latest rover Perseverance launches for Mars, blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on schedule. IMAGES
Boeing launches its Starliner capsule on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, a key test mission for NASA's plans to end US dependence on Russia for space rides. IMAGES
United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched a Delta IV rocket carrying the eighth satellite in the US Air Force’s Wideband Global Satcom system, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Wednesday evening. The WGS-8 Air Force communications satellite was successfully launched into orbit at 18:52 ET. WGS-8 satellites are constructed by Boeing, each spacecraft has a design lifespan of fourteen years.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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