SpaceX today (June 6) launched the fourth orbital test of Starship and achieved several important goals set out by CEO Elon Musk, marking another milestone in the company’s long-term ambition to colonize Mars. The giant two-stage rocket, consisting of a prototype Starship upper stage and a Super Heavy booster, lifted off at 8:51 a.m. ET from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. About 10 minutes into the test, the rocket performed a hot-staging separation—a main goal of the test—where the upper stage Starship ignited its own engines and separated from the booster.
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