Elon Musk's Starship takes to the skies

The US tech billionaire Elon Musk has flown the latest prototype of his Starship - a vehicle he hopes will one day take people to Mars.

Codenamed SN8, the uncrewed rocket lifted away from the SpaceX Boca Chica R&D facility on what had been billed as a brief flight to 12.5km (41,000ft).

The 50m-tall vehicle crashed on touchdown but Mr Musk was delighted with how much the test outing achieved. This video shows some highlights from the flight.

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