SpaceX launched its Super Heavy-Starship rocket on Monday for the 11th time, marking another successful test flight that built upon previous launches.
Elon Musk , SpaceX founder and CEO, briefly made an appearance on the company's livestream ahead of the launch, saying it was the first time that he was going to be outside to watch the rocket.
"Normally I'm in mission control and stuff," Musk told the livestream hosts. "It's really going to be much more visceral."
Shortly after, Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — thundered into the evening sky from the southern tip of Texas. The booster peeled away and made a controlled entry into the Gulf as planned, with the spacecraft skimming space before descending into the Indian Ocean. Nothing was being reco