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  "id": 10459096,
  "title": "SpaceX launches Starship toward orbit for first time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/spacex-launches-starship-toward-orbit-for-first-time",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-28T13:27:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/6114737-spacex-starship-launch-orbit/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "SpaceX on Monday sent its Starship out to orbit for the first time, with the company looking for the craft to achieve six laps around the earth in order to show off its capability for the NASA Artemis program, according to The Associated Press. SpaceX said all needs to go as planned for Starship prior...",
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        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "SpaceX's 'biggest, most powerful' rocket reaches Earth orbit for first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/spacexs-biggest-most-powerful-rocket-reaches-earth-orbit-for-first",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:15:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "SpaceX's Starship rocket launches, headed to orbit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/spacexs-starship-rocket-launches-headed-to-orbit",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:41:16.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour Science",
        "title": "SpaceX's supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/spacexs-supersized-starship-launches-into-orbit-for-the-first-time",
        "published": "2026-09-28T13:51:05.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Starship reaches orbit for the first time ever but returns home early",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/starship-reaches-orbit-for-the-first-time-ever-but-returns-home-early",
        "published": "2026-09-28T15:20:31.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "SpaceX sends giant Starship into orbit for the first time but ends the flight early",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/spacex-sends-giant-starship-into-orbit-for-the-first-time-but-ends",
        "published": "2026-09-28T16:18:57.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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