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Elon Musk's SpaceX Rocket Punches Hole in Ionosphere.

The ionosphere is where Earth’s atmosphere meets space
The ionosphere stretches roughly 50 to 400 miles above Earth's surface, right at the edge of space. Along with the neutral upper atmosphere, the ionosphere forms the boundary between Earth's lower atmosphere — where we live and breathe — and the vacuum of space.