SpaceX catches giant Starship booster in fifth flight test By Reuters

(Reuters) -SpaceX on Sunday launched its fifth Starship take a look at flight from Texas and returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster again to land for the primary time, reaching a novel restoration technique involving giant steel arms.

The rocket’s Tremendous Heavy first stage booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. CT (1225 GMT) from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas launch services, sending the second stage Starship rocket on a path in area sure for the Indian Ocean west of Australia, the place it’ll try atmospheric reentry adopted by a water touchdown.

The Tremendous Heavy booster, after separating from the Starship booster some 74 km (46 miles) in altitude, returned to the identical space from which it was launched to make its touchdown try, aided by two robotic arms hooked up to the launch tower.