Brandon Bell | Via Reuters SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its Starship rocket on Tuesday, its fourth in 2024. The uncrewed Starship took off from the company's facility near Brownsville, Texas before splashing down intentionally about an hour later in the Indian Ocean. SpaceX aimed to again catch the rocket's "Super Heavy" booster with its launch tower but instead splashed down the booster in the Gulf of Mexico. Chandan Khanna | AFP | Getty Images The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on November 19, 2024, for the Starship Flight 6 test. SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its Starship rocket on Tuesday, as the company looks to keep up momentum of the mammoth vehicle's development. Watch NBC 4 free wherever you are WATCH HERE The rocket took off from SpaceX's private "Starbase" facility near Brownsville, Texas. There were not any people on board the Starship flight. Starship reached space and traveled halfway around the Earth before reentering the atmosphere and splashing down in the Indian Ocean. Get Tri-state area news delivered to your inbox with NBC New York's News Headlines newsletter. SIGN UP SpaceX had aimed to return the rocket's "Super Heavy" booster after it separated from Starship and land it on the arms of the company's launch tower. But SpaceX said during its webcast that the booster did not clear its "commit criteria" needed for the catch attempt, so the booster splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico instead. As with each previous test flight, SpaceX is pushing development further by testing additional Starship capabilities, including this time reigniting an engine while in space and testing new elements of its heatshield. Additionally, the evening launch time means that this was the first time Starship made a daylight splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Brandon Bell | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Elon Musk explains the operations of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in a control room on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX typically has a cadre of VIPs to view Starship launches and, with CEO Elon Musk's close relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, the sixth flight wa no different. Trump attended the launch on Tuesday, similar to when he came to watch SpaceX's first astronaut launch in Florida in 2020 during his first administration. Pushing the envelope