Super Heavy-Starship blasts off on 13th test flight
EDT, putting on a spectacular show for area residents and tourists as it climbed away atop some 16 million pounds of thrust. SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, July 24, 2026. Eric Gay / AP Photo A launch attempt July 16 ended with a last-second computer-commanded abort when four Raptors failed to start properly.
- ▪EDT, putting on a spectacular show for area residents and tourists as it climbed away atop some 16 million pounds of thrust.
- ▪SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Friday, July 24, 2026.
- ▪Eric Gay / AP Photo A launch attempt July 16 ended with a last-second computer-commanded abort when four Raptors failed to start properly.
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Space SpaceX's giant Super Heavy-Starship rocket blasts off on key test flight By William Harwood William Harwood CBS News Space Consultant Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. Read Full Bio William Harwood Updated on: July 24, 2026 / 8:44 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google SpaceX launched its thirteenth Super Heavy-Starship rocket Thursday, with the giant booster chalking up an on-target but "hard" splashdown off the Texas Gulf Coast while the Starship upper stage carried out a successful sub-orbital hop to the Indian Ocean.Powered by 33 methane-fueled Raptor engines, the 397-foot-tall two-stage rocket blasted off from SpaceX's "Starbase,"…
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