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SpaceX’s successful rocket landing boosts hopes for travel to Mars**

The biggest and most powerful rocket ever built took to the skies again. And this time, it came back.

SpaceX launched its 400-foot-tall (122 meters) Starship vehicle for the fifth time ever today (Oct. 13), sending the giant rocket aloft from its Starbase site in South Texas at 8:25 am.

Starship is seen by many as the best option for interplanetary travel between Earth and Mars and being able to reuse components, such as the boosters, is essential for this to occur.

And that's exactly what happened. About seven minutes after liftoff, SpaceX executed what appeared to be a bull's-eye landing, hovering near the launch tower as the tower captured it with the "chopstick" arms in a bold and unprecedented maneuver.

參考原文：

https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-flight-5-launch-super-heavy-booster-catch-success-video

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/10/13/spacex-successful-rocket-landing-boosts-hopes-travel-mars/

重要單字：

boost 推動

booster 推進器

launch 發射

vehicle 交通工具

giant 巨人、巨大的

option 選項

interplanetary 星際間的

component 成分、元件

essential 必要的

liftoff 升空

bull-eye 靶心

hover 盤旋

chopstick 筷子

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