SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday deployed its first batch of mock Starlink satellites in space and tested new heat shield tiles on its plunge through Earth's atmosphere, clinching development milestones that had been held up by a streak of previous testing setbacks.

SpaceX's giant Starship hit some milestones on its tenth flight out of Texas. Soon, the monster rocket is planned to launch from Cape Canaveral.

A high-stakes test of SpaceX’s Starship rocket delivered a win for Elon Musk’s rocket company Tuesday as the system’s giant rocket booster and spacecraft returned to Earth intact. The uncrewed, experimental rocket took off around 6:30 p.

SpaceX's Starship rocket on Tuesday deployed its first batch of mock Starlink satellites in space and tested new heat shield tiles on its plunge through Earth's atmosphere, clinching development milestones that had been held up by a streak of previous testing failures.

The Starship rocket flew through space and splashed down in the ocean, after a series of setbacks during previous missions.