After all, the 11-minute trip marked a first step toward normalizing space tourism, drumming up quite a bit of buzz from individuals worldwide who now want to know what that rocket excursion ...

Another shot was snapped just after separation of the vehicle's two elements — the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage.

The rocket's first stage came back to Earth about 8.5 minutes later as planned, touching down on the SpaceX drone ship "A ...

The Falcon 9 rocket launched 23 Starlink satellites into orbit from Vandenberg's Space Launch Complex 4 East pad, with its first stage returning to Earth for a landing on the drone ship Of Course ...