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Boeing ships NASA second core rocket stage for historic mission to Moon

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The second core stage holds the rocket’s payload, upper stage and crew spacecraft. The main stage also stores the flight computers and most of the avionics needed to fly the rocket.

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SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Apart Shortly After Liftoff

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These included Starships first payload deployment test, involving 10 replica Starlink satellites, as well as assessments of upgrades to the spacecrafts flight computer, avionics, and heat shield. According to a Forbes report, the mission was expected to last just over an hour and included several key experiments.

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Top 10 most agile fighter jets of 2025

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While its not a dogfight specialist, and has a much more boxy appearance than its counterparts, the F-35 boasts a high tech flight computer that compensates for its aerodynamic limitations. If the F-22 is a flying Ferrari, the F-35 is an airborne computer. 30 sec Climb rate (ft/min) 45,000 ft/min Wing loading (lb/ft) 88.1

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