Sitting atop its stainless steel Super Heavy booster, Starship stood taller than the Statue of Liberty at the company's new orbital launchpad in South Texas.
As the booster fell back to Earth, Starship continued to climb toward the heavens, then shut off its engines to glide through space.
Once fully operational, Starship will be able to carry up to 150 metric tonnes (165 US tons) to space, per SpaceX.
Illustration of SpaceX Starship human lander design that will carry NASA astronauts to the Moon's surface during the Artemis mission.
NASA's new moon rocket, SLS, could send 46 tons into orbits beyond the moon.
Persons:
—, Elon, Musk, Dan Huot, Marianne Ayala, Morgan Stanley, Artemis, Artemis III
Organizations:
Service, SpaceX, Business, SpaceX's, Texas launchpad, X, NASA, Super, Saturn, Morgan, SLS, SpaceX SLS, Apollo
Locations:
South Texas, Texas