
The largest rocket ever built launched on its sixth test flight earlier this week, wowing spectators on the ground — and even some in space.
SpaceX's monstrous, 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship rocket launched Tuesday evening (Nov. 19), lifting off from SpaceX's Starbase facility in South Texas at 5 p.m. EST (2200 GMT). The spectacle was watched by tens of thousands in surrounding cities and towns, streamed by millions, and witnessed by a few astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).