SpaceX Successfully Catches Starship Booster in Fifth Test Flight, Reaching New Milestone In Developing Reusable Rocket System
SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of the Starship rocket on Sunday, successfully catching the 20-story Super Heavy booster for the first time. The booster returned to SpaceX’s launch tower in Texas just seven minutes after liftoff, marking a breakthrough in the company's goal of developing a fully reusable rocket system. The rocket’s booster was caught by the tower’s “chopstick” arms, a feat SpaceX engineers have been preparing for years. Starship continued its journey and splashed down in the Indian Ocean after traveling halfway around the Earth.
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00:03SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of the Starship rocket on Sunday, successfully catching
00:07the 20-story Super Heavy booster for the first time.
00:11The booster returned to SpaceX's launch tower in Texas just seven minutes after liftoff,
00:16marking a breakthrough in the company's goal of developing a fully reusable rocket
00:20system.
00:21The rocket's booster was caught by the tower's chopstick arms, a feat SpaceX engineers have
00:25been preparing for years.
00:28Starship continued its journey and splashed down in the Indian Ocean after traveling halfway
00:32around the Earth.
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