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First 3D-printed rocket fails to reach orbit

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The world’s first 3D-printed rocket launched successfully on Wednesday, March 22, marking a step forward for the California company behind the innovative spacecraft, though it failed to reach orbit.
Billed as less costly to produce and fly, the unmanned Terran 1 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 11:25 pm (0325 GMT Thursday) but suffered an “anomaly” during second-stage separation as it streamed toward low-Earth orbit, according to a livestream broadcast by aerospace startup Relativity Space.

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