They included leaders of South Koreas major religions.

but no recovery is planned for this initial test flight.SpaceX is counting on the rocket to vastly expand its constellation of Starlink internet satellites and to power eventual low-cost government and commercial flights to the moon.

The Starship upper stage being maneuvered into place atop its Super Heavy booster Wednesday afternoon.The vented section at the top of the Super Heavy will allow exhaust from the Starships engines to be deflected overboard during ignition while its still attached to the lower stage.The dark Starship upper stage sits atop the Super Heavy first stage booster.

engine nozzles as needed to maintain the proper trajectory.will continue firing for another five minutes or so.

The flight plan calls for the Super Heavy first stage booster to fall into the Gulf of Mexico after propelling the Starship upper stage out of the lower atmosphere.

SpaceX The new staging system will be put to the test about two minutes and 40 seconds after liftoff when the first stage engines begin shutting down after boosting the rocket out of the dense lower atmosphere.aggressive three-ton animals is complicated.

Because they have no natural predators here.Escobars private zoo that became a tourist attraction after his death in 1993.

descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.Two male hippos and one female underwent surgical sterilization.