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  "id": 11029123,
  "title": "SpaceX's Giant Starship Rocket Reached Earth Orbit on Its First Try, but Engine Problems Forced It to Return to the Planet Early",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/spacexs-giant-starship-rocket-reached-earth-orbit-on-its-first-try",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:30:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/spacexs-giant-starship-rocket-reached-earth-orbit-on-its-first-try-but-engine-problems-forced-it-to-return-to-the-planet-early-180989596/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two aerospace companies are competing to create the lunar lander NASA uses when it returns humans to the moon's surface. But to reach our lunar companion, a spacecraft will first have to get to Earth orbit",
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      {
        "outlet": "Colombia One",
        "title": "SpaceX’s Starship Reaches Orbit for First Time Despite Engine Failure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/spacexs-starship-reaches-orbit-for-first-time-despite-engine-failure",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:30:00.000Z"
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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."
}