Spacex Returning Rocket

Cheers and screams erupt in SpaceX's control room as Starship's fifth test succeeds For the first time, Elon Musk's company has caught the Super Heavy booster - which sits at the bottom of the two

The return of the booster to the launch site was similar to how the first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket re-enters the atmosphere before landing on a floating platform or a landing pad.

The 397-foot-tall rocket blasted off from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, flight facility on the Texas Gulf Coast at 825 a.m. EDT, putting on a spectacular sunrise show as the booster's 33

This image provided by SpaceX shows SpaceX's mega rocket booster returning to the launch pad to be captured during a test flight Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX via AP Read More. 6 of 16.

The 400ft rocket blasted off at sunrise, completing its fight, and separated its first stage booster, which was caught back on the pad to applause from the t

The risky maneuver is a step toward SpaceX's goal of full reusability for Starship, which is the world's most powerful rocket, and is key to NASA's plans to return to the moon.

The test flight began with a thundering liftoff of the 398-foot-tall 121.3-meter Starship rocket at 725 am CDT 1225 UTC from SpaceX's Starbase launch site in South Texas, a few miles north

The rocket's Super Heavy first-stage booster lifted off at 825 a.m. ET from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas, launch facilities, sending the second-stage Starship rocket on a path in space bound for an

The successful capture of the returning Super Heavy rocket with giant mechanical arms is a key element in SpaceX's goal of quotrapid reusabilityquot The 397-foot-tall rocket blasted off from SpaceX

SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket for the fifth time ever Oct. 13, on a test flight that featured a mid-air catch of the first-stage Super Heavy booster. SpaceX planned to return