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Giant SpaceX rocket blasts off in most successful test launch yet
SpaceX’s Starship successfully entered its “coasting” phase during its third test launch.
The rocket cleared its launch pad in Texas, separated from its “Super Heavy Booster” and began coasting at an altitude of 145 miles.
But it was eventually destroyed during atmospheric re-entry, the company said.
However, it’s still the most successful test flight of the spacecraft yet.
Starship re-enters the atmosphere after its third test flight. Pic: SpaceX
Starship is the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, at nearly 120 metres tall, and is intended to carry astronauts to the moon this decade.
It’s big enough that SpaceX says it “will be able to carry up to 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights”.
