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SpaceX recovers rocket that splashed down off Christmas Island

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 19 August 2026 at 12:37 pm

An operation by Elon Musk's SpaceX and the federal government successfully retrieves the rocket after it landed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia.

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