SpaceX's Starship reaches Earth orbit for first time
Starship's first orbital flight advances Elon Musk’s Mars ambitions and NASA’s lunar plans.
SpaceX reached a long-awaited milestone Monday when its giant Starship rocket successfully entered orbit around Earth for the first time. The achievement is a major step toward Elon Musk’s goal of sending people to Mars and NASA’s plans to use Starship for future moon missions, Time reported.