On Monday, SpaceX’s large Starship rocket went into orbit around Earth for the first time. SpaceX is an American company that makes rockets. The rocket launched from Texas and carried 26 new Starlink satellites, which it released into space. Starlink is a group of satellites that give internet service to people on Earth. This was Starship’s 14th big test, and it was the first time the rocket finished a full trip around Earth.

Starship was able to reach orbit because engineers fixed problems from earlier flights. The rocket had not completed this kind of flight before because it had technical issues in past tests. This success is important because SpaceX hopes Starship will one day take people back to the Moon and maybe then to Mars.

However, the test did not go perfectly. Starship was supposed to orbit Earth six times, but engineers found a problem with one of its engines. They ended the mission early, and the rocket came down into the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii. Nobody was hurt because the rocket had no people on board.