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Mike Wall

SpaceX will resume landing rockets in The Bahamas after raining debris on the country last year

Debris from spacex starship falling over a boat in the ocean.

SpaceX can land its rockets in The Bahamas again — and will do so very soon, if all goes according to plan.

On Tuesday (Feb. 17), the Civil Aviation Authority of The Bahamas (CAA-B) approved the resumption of Falcon 9 first-stage touchdowns in the nation's waters. The decision ended a lengthy review spurred by a test flight mishap with SpaceX's Starship megarocket, which rained debris down on parts of the island nation nearly a year ago.

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