Building on lessons learned during three previous test flights, SpaceX set its sights on more lofty goals for a fourth launch of the giant rocket.
SpaceX launched the world's most powerful rocket for its fourth flight Thursday morning to put the company's Starship upper stage into space and then bring it back down through the heat of re-entry for a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean.The flight plan also called for the gargantuan Super Heavy first stage booster to make a controlled descent to a 'soft' landing in the Gulf of Mexico after propelling the Starship out of the lower atmosphere.
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