Report: ‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time

The Guardian — World has reported on “Report: ‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure following the Texas launch would scupper the attempt SpaceX has sent its enormous Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time on a milestone flight intended to pave the way for future missions to the moon and Mars. The report also notes that The rocket, the largest and most powerful ever built, blasted off from SpaceX’s Starbase launch facility in Texas at 7.48am local time (1.48pm BST) marking its 14th test flight and first attempt to circle the planet ahead of falling back to Earth.

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