SpaceX's sixth Starship test flight was largely successful, but plans to catch the first-stage Super Heavy booster were abandoned.

SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its Starship rocket on Tuesday, as the company looks to keep up momentum of the mammoth vehicle’s development.

The unmanned Starship, the largest rocket ever built, set off on another test flight on Tuesday. Live images showed the rocket system lifting off from the spaceport of the private space company SpaceX,