SpaceX first successfully caught a Starship booster at its fifth test launch in October, a feat that was seen as a historic engineering breakthrough for the world’s most powerful rocket.

The Super Heavy rocket booster will also be outfitted with a Raptor engine from the booster that launched and returned on Starship’s fifth flight test in October, marking the first time flight ...

SpaceX had only successfully recaptured a Super Heavy booster after launch once before, during the fifth fully integrated Starship test flight in October 2024. The maneuver sent an earsplitting ...

That engine flew during the fifth test flight last year. The Starship system is designed to be fully reusable and aims to become a new method of flying cargo and people beyond Earth. The rocket is ...

The Super Heavy rocket booster will be outfitted with a Raptor engine from the booster that launched and returned on Starship’s fifth flight test in October — the first time flight-proven ...

SpaceX launched Starship on Thursday for a seventh test ... about seven-and-a-half minutes after takeoff (the first time was in the fifth test launch). Shortly after the catch there was an issue ...

SpaceX has turned heads and tested boundaries with each test flight of Starship, the most powerful ... Heavy booster flown during the company’s fifth test flight in October.