Virgin Galactic 02 launch live updates: Flight will take mother, daughter, Olympian to space

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A photo shows Jon Goodwin, and mother-daughter duo Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers, posing in their spacesuits in front of a purple background.
Left to right: Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are flying to the edge of space on Virgin Galactic's first tourism spaceflight.

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Russia is evacuating a village that may be hit by falling rocket debris as it prepares for its first moon landing in almost 50 years

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A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster on a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
A Soyuz-2.1b rocket booster on a launchpad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.

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Elon Musk expects to spend $2 billion on Starship rocket after first launch explosion 'slightly' exceeded expectations

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A photo montage shows the Starship booster being fired on the left, and Elon Musk holding a thumbs up on the right.
The Starship mega-rocket's April 20 launch ended in an explosion, but Musk is still hopeful to launch again this year.

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Photos show SpaceX's Starship rocket blew a crater into its launchpad and flung concrete chunks hundreds of feet during liftoff

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The crater in the launch pad after SpaceX’s Starship took off.
The crater in the launchpad after SpaceX's Starship took off.

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Tesla investors are growing more worried about Elon Musk juggling his many companies, Wedbush's Dan Ives says

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Elon Musk congratulated SpaceX for an 'exciting' launch of Starship after the rocket exploded

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A photomontage shows Starship blowing up on one side and a picture of Elon Musk sitting in the control room on the other.
Elon Musk sat in the control room on Thursday watching the launch of Starship, which exploded about 4 minutes into the launch.

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Watch how SpaceX launched Starship, the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built, on its first orbital flight

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Starship minutes before the launch attempt that was aborted on April 17, 2023.

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Elon Musk's prized Starship mega-rocket exploded into a fireball on its first attempt to launch into space

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Starship and its Super Heavy booster explode while tumbling through the air, in a SpaceX livestream on April 20, 2023.

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Mysterious glowing 'SpaceX spirals' in the night sky seem to be linked to rocket launches

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In this photo provided by Christopher Hayden, a light baby blue spiral resembling a galaxy appears amid the aurora for a few minutes in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks, Saturday, April 15, 2023.
In this photo provided by Christopher Hayden, a light baby blue spiral appears amid the aurora for a few minutes in the Alaska skies near Fairbanks, on April 15, 2023.

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Elon Musk hints Starship rocket may explode on first orbital launch, predicting 50% chance of success and 'guaranteeing excitement'

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elon musk raises one eyebrow mouth grimacing juxtaposed with starship prototype exploding in ball of fire
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk (left) said Starship may not reach orbit on its first attempt. That could mean it explodes, like previous Starship prototypes (right).

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