SpaceX launches its biggest rocket yet in test flight from Texas

Key points

• SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful Starship yet on a test flight Friday, an upgraded version that Nasa is counting on to land astronauts on the moon.
• The redesigned mega-rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he’s taking the company public.
• It blasted off from the southern tip of Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites for release halfway around the world.
• It’s the 12th test flight of the rocket that Musk is building to get people to Mars one day.
• But first comes the moon and Nasa’s Artemis program.