Elon Musk’s Starship rocket prepares to fly again

Visitors watch as SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Sunday, March 2, 2025. Eric Gay/AP

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A little over a month after a catastrophic failure peppered the Caribbean with falling debris, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is readying another flight test of the largest rocket ever built.

Known as Starship, the rocket stands just over four hundred feet tall. It’s made of stainless steel and is designed to one day be fully and rapidly reusable – meaning that both the rocket and its Super Heavy booster could be launched again

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