Super Heavy-Starship rocket chalks up mostly successful test flight
The test flight evaluated the rocket's performance under heavy thrust conditions.
Powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, the 397-foot-tall two-stage rocket blasted off from SpaceX's "Starbase," Texas, launch site at 5:51 p.m. EDT, putting on a spectacular show for area residents and tourists as it climbed away atop some 16 million pounds of thrust.
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