SpaceX Launches Starfall Capsule to Return Microgravity Payloads to Earth
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Irene Klotz
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SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a new spacecraft called Starfall, designed to return science samples and microgravity-manufactured items back to Earth. The company plans to sell this return service to researchers and entrepreneurs. The Falcon 9, flying for the 29th time, lifted off from Cape Canaveral on June 23. SpaceX did not broadcast imagery of the second stage or payload deployment, nor disclose if additional spacecraft were aboard.
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· 3 pulledA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket dispatched a new spacecraft designed to return science samples and items manufactured in microgravity back to Earth
The Falcon 9, flying for the 29th time, lifted off at 6:53 a.m. EDT June 23 from Cape Canaveral SFS's Space Launch Complex 40
An hour later, SpaceX confirmed deployment of the capsule, known as Starfall
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