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Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket, launches for its fourth test flight, and is now attempting to fly halfway around the globe before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. The most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for returning astronauts to the Moon and for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing Mars, blasts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas at 7:50 am (1250 GMT). IMAGES
SpaceX carries out the third test launch of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket that is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars. Lift-off from the company's base in southeast Texas came around 8:25 am local time (1325 GMT) and was carried on a webcast viewed by more than 1.5 million people. IMAGES
SpaceX's 'Starship' rocket, the largest ever built, takes off from the space company's Texas launch site. CEO Elon Musk hopes the ship will one day colonize Mars and NASA is awaiting a modified version to land humans on the Moon. The first test in April ended in a spectacular explosion over the Gulf of Mexico. IMAGES
SpaceX's Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, explodes during the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The rocket blew up after the capsule failed to separate from the first-stage rocket booster three minutes into the uncrewed flight. IMAGES
SpaceX's Starship blasts off from the company's spaceport in Boca Chica, Texas on the first test flight of the spacecraft designed to send astronauts to the Moon, Mars and beyond. IMAGES
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