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The SpaceX Starship launches on its fourth flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on June 6, 2024. The Starship is vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade, and to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's hopes of eventually colonizing Mars. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP)
Starship, SpaceX's massive prototype rocket that may one day send humans to Mars, achieved its first ever ocean splashdown during its fourth flight test, a live feed showed Thursday.
"Splashdown confirmed! Congratulations to the entire SpaceX team on an exciting fourth flight test of Starship!" Elon Musk's company posted on X.
