SpaceX launched its Starship Super Heavy rocket on its much-anticipated 11th flight, continuing the company’s campaign to create fully reusable launch vehicles.

Moments after liftoff, the Starship separated from the Super Heavuy rocket, which the company calls hot staging. The rocket then, as planned, crashed in the Gulf of Mexico.

As the world watched, the flight delivered both technical advancements and dramatic setbacks, marking a new chapter for the heavy-lift system that aims to power missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.

Super Heavy’s Dramatic End

Shortly after liftoff from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas, the Super Heavy booster successfully separated from the Starship upper stage and began its descent towards a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.

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