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Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched probably the most highly effective rocket ever into area in its third try.
The Starship rocket efficiently lifted off from its base in southeast Texas at about 08:25 native time (13:25 GMT) and went “additional than we've ever seen earlier than,” the SpaceX crew mentioned in its dwell stream.
The hope is that the 120-meter-long (393 toes) Starship will revolutionize area transportation, altering the way in which we entry area and radically decreasing the price of sending folks and objects into orbit.
This was the rocket's third take a look at flight, following an try in April, which exploded, and one in November, which was reduce brief.