On Monday, Elon Musk's SpaceX embarked on a pivotal test mission, launching its eleventh Starship from the Starbase in Texas. The mission seeks to showcase the rocket's reusable design, a key developmental step towards SpaceX's long-term goals of transporting satellites and eventually humans to lunar and Martian destinations.

The formidable Starship, comprising an upper stage stacked atop the Super Heavy booster, lifted off at 7:20 p.m. ET, with the booster making a soft water landing in the Gulf of Mexico about 10 minutes after its departure. This launch follows an August mission that marked a breakthrough amidst previous setbacks as SpaceX refines the technology needed for total reusability.

SpaceX aims to progress to a more advanced prototype with capabilities specifically designed fo

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