<ul><li>SpaceX's Starship upper-stage spacecraft disintegrated during a flight test, just two months after a previous failure.</li><li>Despite the disappointment, SpaceX sees it as a learning opportunity to improve Starship's reliability.</li><li>Meanwhile, Arianespace's Ariane 6 rocket successfully completed its second flight, placing the CSO-3 Earth observation satellite in orbit.</li><li>The Ariane 6 launch marked a significant achievement for European and French excellence in space technology.</li></ul>

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