SpaceX launches four rockets in less than 40 hours

In less than 48 hours, SpaceX achieved an incredible feat, conducting four launches in three states, which has huge implications for the future of space exploration.

The first launch came on Sunday, as the massive Starship rocket lifted off from the southern tip of Texas. Remarkably, the first stage booster returned to the launch pad, where the tower's metal arms picked up the descending 232-foot booster.

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, described the move as “a big step towards making life multi-planetary.”

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The spacecraft continued its journey around the globe, rising to an altitude of more than 130 miles before eventually landing in the Indian Ocean, furthering SpaceX's achievements.

Starship is the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, with 33 methane-fueled engines on the booster alone.

The next day, a NASA spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, bound for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

The Europa Clipper rover will look beneath the moon's icy crust to determine whether conditions there could support life.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off with a NASA spacecraft bound for Jupiter from Kennedy Space Center on Monday, October 14, 2024. (AP Photo/John Rooks)

Then early Tuesday, SpaceX launched two Falcon 9 rockets — one from Florida and one in California — sending dozens of Starlink satellites into orbit.

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The first launch, from Cape Canaveral, marks SpaceX's 100th launch this year, with 2-and-a-half months remaining in 2024.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.