SpaceX has carried out a successful test launch of its Starship spacecraft after a series of failed flights of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket.
Elon Musk’s company was also able to deploy a test payload of eight dummy satellites into space following Tuesday evening’s launch at Starbase, South Texas.
It was the tenth test for the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, which SpaceX and NASA hope to use to get astronauts back on the moon.
NASA has ordered two Starships to land astronauts on the moon later this decade, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s ultimate goal is Mars.
After just over an hour coasting through space, Starship splashed down as planned in the Indian Ocean.
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