FAA approves SpaceX's maiden orbital flight of Starship rocket.

The FAA has granted SpaceX a license to launch its Super Heavy/Starship rocket on its first unpiloted test flight to space as early as Monday. The rocket is the largest and most powerful ever built, capable of generating 16.7 million pounds of thrust at liftoff from its 33 SpaceX-designed Raptor engines. Both stages are fully reusable, designed to fly themselves to rocket-powered landings at the launch site or elsewhere. The Starship will launch to the east, powered out of the dense lower atmosphere by the Super Heavy booster, and will not enter orbit.