The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is about to get even larger.

On Monday (Oct. 13), SpaceX launched the 11th test flight of its Starship megarocket, sending the 403-foot-tall (124 meters) vehicle aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas.

The suborbital flight was a complete success. Both of Starship's elements — its Super Heavy booster and Starship (or "Ship" for short) upper stage — came back to Earth for pinpoint splashdowns. Ship also managed to relight one of its engines in space and deploy eight dummy payloads.

Flight 11 was a big moment for the Starship program, and not just because everything went so well. It was also a swan song, the final liftoff of the vehicle's "Version 2" variant.

"Focus now turns to the next generation of Starship and Super Heavy, with mul

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