SpaceX's Starship mega rocket launches on third test flight

Boca Chica TX (AFP) Mar 15, 2024

The world's most powerful rocket Starship successfully blasted on its third test flight Thursday, in a live streamed event watched by two million people. Lift-off from SpaceX's Starbase in southeast Texas came around 8:25 am local time (1325 GMT). The mega rocket is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade - and Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colon