"SpaceX's Starship Successfully Completes First Test Flight"
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SpaceX is set to launch its mammoth Starship rocket, the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built, on a round-the-world test flight. The stainless steel Starship has 33 main engines and 16.7 million pounds of thrust, and could lift as much as 250 tons and accommodate 100 people on a trip to Mars. The test flight will last 1 1/2 hours and fall short of a full orbit of Earth. If successful, Starship could ferry people to the moon and Mars, and launch satellites into low-Earth orbit.
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