SpaceX just launched a full-size Starship rocket-ship prototype hundreds of feet above South Texas

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• SpaceX is developing a fully reusable rocket system called Starship-Super Heavy in Boca Chica, Texas.
• The latest Starship prototype, called SN5, performed an experimental "hop" hundreds of feet into the air on Tuesday.
• The roughly 16-story vehicle soared off the launch pad, flew for about 40 seconds, and then landed downrange.
• Several live video feeds on YouTube — including SPadre, LabPadre, and NASASpaceFlight — recorded footage of the long-awaited test flight. 
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SpaceX is one giant grain-silo launch closer to reaching Mars.

The aerospace company, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, launched and landed an early prototype of a potentially revolutionary rocket system called Starship at 7:57 p.m. ET on Monday. The flight occured at SpaceX's expanding rocket factory, development, and test site in Boca Chica, a relatively remote region at the southeastern tip of Texas.

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