Coming off a string of explosive failures, Starship's latest flight, by comparison, feels like a resounding success for SpaceX. On Tuesday night, the world's largest rocket launched into space, with both of its stages successfully returning to their separate landing targets on Earth without a catastrophic explosion.

Starship's giant first-stage booster, named Super Heavy, has performed better as of late. For example, the booster successfully returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick" arms on both Flight 7 and Flight 8.

After a series of high-profile setbacks, SpaceX made significant progress in righting the ship for its Starship program, at least for one mission. The latest generation of the world's most powerful rocket and spacecraft combo completed its mission on Tuesday evening during its 10th test flight, achieving the company's primary objectives.

SpaceX launched its 10th test flight of a Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket booster tonight after months of failure.

SpaceX released its investigations into the destruction of a Starship vehicle during a May 27 flight, and the June explosion of another on the ground.

Elon Musk's SpaceX postponed the 10th launch of its Starship rocket due to cloudy weather in Texas on Monday, another slight delay in its efforts to overcome development setbacks and achieve several long-sought milestones essential to the Mars rocket system's reusable design.