SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight

The company had a mostly successful first launch of its upgraded Starship V3, which it needs to power its many ambitious goals in the years to come.

Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.

Starship is grounded until SpaceX finds out why the first V3 booster failed during its first test flight.

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SpaceX is gearing up for a monumental flight today that's sure to be closely watched by Amazon. If successful, SpaceX will deploy its first Starlink V3 satellites, which tout