The first full-scale static test fire of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket motor for NASA’s Space Launch System rocket was conducted in Utah. The booster suffered an anomaly during near the end of the test. Credit: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | edited by Space.com's Steve Spaleta

SpaceX’s Starship, the world’s most powerful rocket, successfully launched on its 10th test flight Tuesday from Texas, a key step after past failures in Elon Musk’s push to make humanity a multiplanetary species.