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SpaceX successful launch

It's the world's most powerful launch vehicle and central to Nasa's plans to return astronauts to the moon.

SpaceX has pulled off a successful test flight of its newest generation rocket Starship, reversing a trend of disappointing failures. The world's most powerful launch vehicle is central to founder Elon Musk's dream of colonising Mars and Nasa's plans to return astronauts to the moon. We access the project.

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Presenters: James Copnall and Pria Rai

(Photo:A SpaceX Super Heavy booster carrying the Starship spacecraft lifts off on its 10th test flight at the company's launch pad in Starbase, Texas, U.S. Steve Nesius/Reuters)

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