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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