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SpaceX's Starship and Blue Origin's New Glenn rockets have successfully advanced their capabilities, with Starship completing a test flight and New Glenn achieving orbit. These superheavy-lift rockets can transport significantly more mass to orbit, enabling the construction of larger, more sensitive telescopes like the Origins infrared telescope and next-generation X-ray and radio telescopes, which could greatly enhance astronomical research. If costs are reduced, NASA may deploy multiple observatories, furthering our understanding of the universe.