Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully launched Starship, its superheavy rocket that the billionaire believes can carry mankind to the Moon, Mars and beyond.

Starship’s previous three test flights ended with a fiery explosion for the 400ft tall launcher, but each made incremental progress and gathered fresh data.

The mission had been expected to blast off from Starbase in Texas at 7am local time – or 1pm UK time – however a last minute delay has pushed the timetable back by 50 minutes. Lift off is now expected at 7.50am US central time.

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