SpaceX Starship Finally Pulls Off a Successful Test Flight
Javier Carbajal
created: Aug. 27, 2025, 1:52 p.m. | updated: Sept. 10, 2025, 7:44 a.m.
Elon Musk and his SpaceX team can breathe a collective sigh of relief.
After days of postponements, Starship was finally able to launch its 10th test flight from the launch pad in Starbase, Texas.
Tuesday’s Starship liftoff generated anticipation far above other recent SpaceX test flights, with more than 1.8 million viewers watching the livestream on the company's X account.
For one, the catastrophic failure on June 18 that resulted in the huge explosion and destruction of Starship vehicle 36, among other past mishaps.
An explosive close to an exciting day for the SpaceX team, with a lot of data to analyze on the horizon.
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