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Rocket Taxi: Falcon 9's Epic 35th Journey to Space!

Guess what? A super-powered rocket just went to space for the 35th time! That's like riding your bike to the moon and back... thirty-five times!

Imagine a super cool space taxi that can fly to space, drop off passengers, and then come back to Earth to pick up more! That's kind of what the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is like. Recently, one of these awesome rockets made its *35th* trip!

This time, its 'passengers' were 29 Starlink satellites. Think of these satellites as tiny internet fairies twinkling in low Earth orbit. Their job is to help bring super-fast internet to people all over the world, even in places where it's hard to get online.

Sending rockets to space again and again is a really big deal because it helps make space travel less expensive. It's like recycling a spaceship! Each trip means they don't have to build a brand-new rocket every single time. This saves a lot of materials and money, which is good for everyone.

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Based on reporting by Space.com.