A camera mounted in Starship's payload bay revealed the toy banana held by cables tied to its top and bottom. More than just a visual signal that Starship had reached space on its suborbital trajectory, the banana was also a stand-in for gaining the government's approval to begin launching more purposeful payloads on future Starship flights.

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.

The launch is scheduled during a 30 minute window starting at 17:00 EST (22:00 GMT), weather permitting. And President-elect Donald Trump is heading to Texas to watch the launch. Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk are close political allies. We will streaming the launch, so click the watch live button at the top of this page and watch along with us.