IndiaAIFounders — SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

SpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it

August 19, 2026 at 06:24 AM

Christmas Island locals who woke to see the spacecraft floating off the coast hope global attention will encourage tourists

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Engineers from Elon Musk’s SpaceX are on their way to a remote Australian island to retrieve part of a Starship that dived into the Indian Ocean.

The spacecraft – now floating off the coast of Christmas Island – was launched in Texas on 24 July, in the 13th test of the technology. After reaching orbit and releasing 20 non-functioning satellites, the upper stage of the rocket re-entered the atmosphere, landing in the ocean.

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