Starship got off the ground right on time at 7:30 p.m. ET from SpaceX's sprawling Starbase – the complex that doubles as a Texas city and the company's headquarters near the U.S-Mexico border.

The upper stage vehicle where crew and cargo would one day ride completed several key objectives before making a vertical landing in the Indian Ocean.

The rocket booster, known as Super Heavy, also made a water landing as planned off the Texas coast.

SpaceX's , for the Mars-bound vehicle during its latest test flight from Texas.

Billionaire and the company he founded in 2002 were in need of a win after three disappointing Starship missions in 2025 and one unexpected fiery mishap in June on the test stand before the upper stage vehicle was mounted to the lower-stage booster.

And that's exactly wh

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