With this fourth try, Elon Musk’s team changed software and made other adjustments as it took off from Texas and completed a partial orbit of the earth.
Standing about 400 feet (121 meters) tall, Starship is the biggest and most potent rocket in the world.
After the unmanned test, three minutes after liftoff, the first-stage ‘Super Heavy’ rocket disconnected and landed safely in the Gulf of Mexico.
After that, the starship started its engines to take off for a circumnavigation.
An hour or so later, it started its vital re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere; unlike in March, there was no catastrophic failure this time, and it touched down.
Cheers broke out throughout mission control in California when the squad had accomplished their aim.
Every test that had come before it had progressed farther before exploding or breaking down in the sky.
In April 2023, minutes after launch, the first rocket burst at a height of roughly 25 miles (40 km).
In November, there was another test that succeeded in reaching space, but it likewise detonated.
