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SpaceX launches prototype of Starship rocket in crucial test flight

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SpaceX has scrubbed a Thursday test launch of the latest version of its Starship rocket.

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CBS News space consultant Bill Harwood has the details.

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SpaceX launches prototype of Starship rocket in crucial test flight.

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Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches the twelfth test flight of Starship.

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The company claims the third-generation prototype, dubbed V3, is larger, more powerful and a step closer to being fully reusable.

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The rocket is scheduled to liftoff from SpaceX's StarBase in Brownsville, Texas.

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