Despite acing a flight test of its newest Starship capsule, SpaceX has to speed through an obstacle course of tech hurdles to win the race to land astronauts on the Moon.

Elon Musk's rocket company has launched its new Starship design to enable more frequent Starlink satellite launches and to send future NASA missions to the moon.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman flew in for the launch, saying Starship is now one step closer to the moon.