SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

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Christmas Island locals who woke to see the spacecraft floating off the coast hope global attention will encourage tourists

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Engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX are on their way to a remote Australian island to retrieve part of a Starship that dived into the Indian Ocean.

The spacecraft – now floating off the coast of Christmas Island – was launched in Texas on 24 July, in the 13th test of the technology. After reaching orbit and releasing 20 non-functioning satellites, the upper stage of the rocket re-entered the atmosphere, landing in the ocean.

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SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

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