Epic 33-engine burn among successes of Starship's 2nd test flight, SpaceX says

Close-up shot of 33 rocket engines burning, producing an orange glow and a blue-orange flame.

Starship may have gone boom on Saturday (Nov. 18), but there was a lot to like about the giant vehicle's second-ever test flight, SpaceX says.

The trial mission aimed to send Starship's 165-foot-tall (50 meters) upper stage most of the way around Earth, from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas to a patch of the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.