Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully launches third Starship flight test

The uncrewed Starship and Super Heavy Rocket blasted off with the rocket’s 33 Raptor engines from SpaceX’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas, at 9:25 am Eastern time. Stage separation was completed about three minutes later, amid cheers at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, Calif.