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Trump, Musk watch SpaceX's Starship lift off from Texas

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<p>Elon Musk&#x27;s SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as US President-elect Donald Trump watched in person.</p><p>The roughly 122-meter-tall rocket system, designed to ultimately land astronauts on the moon and ferry crews to Mars, lifted off at 4 p.m. CT from SpaceX&#x27;s sprawling rocket development site in Boca Chica, Texas.</p><p>The first stage, called Super Heavy, unexpectedly made a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico instead of attempting to return to its launchpad, indicating something went wrong.</p><p>Starship, in space, traveled around the Earth before a daytime splashdown in the Indian Ocean.</p><p>Starship last month demonstrated the novel catch-landing method for the first time, achieving a key milestone in its reusable design. Tuesday&#x27;s catch-landing was expected to be &quot;faster/harder,&quot; Musk wrote on social media before the launch.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/11/13/trump-names-musk-to-efficiency-post-as-team-takes-shape-1026">Elon Musk: rocket man takes aim at Washington</a></div><p>Trump&#x27;s attendance signals a deepening alliance with Musk, who stands to benefit from Trump&#x27;s election victory, with the billionaire entrepreneur expected to wield extraordinary influence in a role Trump assigned him to help make the federal government more efficient, as he also benefits from a range of government contracts.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/world/2024/11/19/can-the-trump-musk-bromance-last-1029">Can the Trump-Musk &#x27;bromance&#x27; last?</a></div><p>(Production: Ashraf Fahim)</p>

<p>Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as US President-elect Donald Trump watched in person.</p>

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its sixth Starship test flight to space on Tuesday from Texas, eyeing an array of improvements on the rocket as US President-elect Donald Trump watched in person.