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The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on April 20, 2023.
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from the launchpad during a flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas in April.

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  • SpaceX is working to send the world's most powerful rocket yet into space. 
  • On its first launch, the Starship-Super Heavy created a huge amount of heat and pressure.
  • The amount was similar to a volcanic eruption, a planetary scientist said. 

SpaceX has an immense force on its hands as it tries to send Starship-Super Heavy, the world's most powerful rocket, into space.

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Starship's first liftoff toward space created the equivalent of a volcanic erup…