SpaceX launched its first Starship since an accident this summer that caused one of the rockets to explode on a test stand at the company's headquarters in southern Texas.

But the rocket made an immense comeback on Tuesday, successfully reaching space and coasting halfway around the world before dropping softly into the Indian Ocean as planned.

The test was SpaceX's 10th Starship launch, following a recent succession of failures and mishaps for the gargantuan prototype.

Starship, a 400-foot-tall, super-heavy-lift rocket and spaceship, blasted off from SpaceX's private space port in Starbase, Texas, which is now an official city , at 6:30 p.m. CT. The event was broadcast on both SpaceX's website and X , the social platform acquired by the business' billionaire f

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