SpaceX’s Starship rocket makes its fourth test flight from Texas

SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship is prepared for a test flight (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

SpaceX’s Starship has blasted off from Texas on a fourth test flight for the rocket that Nasa and Elon Musk are counting on to get humanity to the moon and Mars.

The world’s largest and most powerful rocket — almost 400ft tall — was empty as it soared above the Gulf of Mexico and headed east.