SpaceX again loses its Starship rocket on test flight after explosion during previous attempt

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  WATCH: SpaceX starship rocket explodes during test flight

  Just minutes after a seemingly successful launch from Texas on Thursday night, Starship Flight Test 8 began to spin out of control when mission control lost contact with the unmanned rocket ship.
  
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  Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity

  Consecutive losses of the Starship rocket suggest that the company’s engineers are not as infallible as its fans may think.
  
  The New York Times - 13h
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  SpaceX’s Latest Starship Explosion Marks Two Consecutive Failures

  The new version of Starship will be tested again in four to six weeks. A third consecutive failure could indicate fundamental problems with the updated design.
  
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• Breaking down the latest space launch mishaps

  You may have noticed all the troubling launch and landing mishaps affecting private space missions lately, from two explosions of a SpaceX Starship to lunar landers that can't stay upright. Bill ...
  
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  Migrant dies during attempt to cross English Channel

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• Ariane 6 rocket roars skyward carrying a French military reconnaissance satellite

  An Ariane 6 rocket has roared skyward with a French military reconnaissance satellite aboard in the first commercial flight for the European heavy-lift launcher
  
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  NASA to Launch SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions: How to Watch

  Two missions, SPHEREx and PUNCH, are expected to launch on a SpaceX rocket on Saturday.
  
  The New York Times - 43m
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  Wales must not be 'chewed up' by losing run

  Interim head coach Matt Sherratt says Wales must not fixate on breaking their record losing sequence after a 35-29 Six Nations defeat to Scotland.
  
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  Fortnite Is Being Sued Over Its Item Shop Again

  Fortnite has been the subject of lawsuits and other regulatory action a number of times over the years regarding its FOMO-driven item shop practices, and now we've got another one for the pile. A ...
  
  GameSpot - 1d
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  Amazon is now testing AI-aided dubbing for some movies and series on Prime

  Amazon is testing artificial intelligence-aided dubbing for select movies and shows offered on its Prime streaming service
  
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  HHS sends all employees a $25,000 voluntary buyout offer

  Health and Human Services employees were offered voluntary buyouts to resign from their jobs on Friday night, according to a person who received the email and an administration official.
  
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  DHS has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to find leakers

  The Department of Homeland Security is performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who may be leaking information to the media about immigration operations.
  
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  Trump's populist platform gives way to billionaires' agenda

  Inside President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, the populists and politicians are starting to take swings at the plutocrats — namely billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk.
  
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  This cornhole league inspired a bounty hunt for single men. It’s now sold out.

  Determined to find enough men to sell out his cornhole league for singles, Tommy Flaim decided to take an extreme, and somewhat comical, measure.
  
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  The household item turning runners into world record holders

  When Grant Fisher stepped off the track at Boston University on Feb.
  
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  An official said that dozens of agencies were fighting multiple fires on Saturday. Forecasters had warned that low humidity and gusty winds would create an “elevated risk for fire spread.”
  
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