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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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/19/elon-musk-spacex-starship-lands-christmas-island-australia
Author : Petra Stock
Publish date : 2026-08-19 06:24:00
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