SpaceX Achieves Remarkable Starship Rocket Launch After Series of Failures

Tue Sep 30 2025 04:53:17 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

SpaceX successfully conducts a test flight of Starship, paving the way for future missions to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX celebrated a triumphant return to the skies with its Starship rocket, marking a successful test flight after a streak of setbacks. The rocket, the largest and most powerful to date, launched from Texas, achieving high-altitude travels and demonstrating critical capabilities ahead of planned missions to the Moon and Mars.

SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world's largest and most powerful rocket blasted off from Texas just after 18:30 local time for a nail-biting 60-minute flight.

Parts of the engine appeared to explode at one stage, and flaps on the sides of the rocket caught fire and swung from side-to-side. The US space agency NASA plans to use Starship to send humans to the Moon for its Artemis programme in 2027.

Great work by the SpaceX team!!, posted SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on social media. The success comes after three Starship launches ended in failure this year, and one rocket exploded on the launch pad in June. Starship is designed as a fully reusable transport system capable of carrying people to both the Moon and Mars.

The flight generated positive signs from the start as all of the booster’s 33 engines fired up. The booster then separated from Starship successfully and fell into the Gulf of Mexico. Subsequent to that, Starship ascended, reaching an impressive altitude of nearly 200 km before beginning its descent.

Despite visible damages upon landing, the test flight was a significant achievement towards ensuring reliable travel for future lunar missions. Mr. Musk aims for Starship to be certified for human travels as early as next year.