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13 Oct 2024


The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company's quest for rapid reusability. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)
The SpaceX Starship lifts off from Starbase near Boca Chica, Texas, on October 13, 2024, for the Starship Flight 5 test. SpaceX successfully “caught” the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company’s quest for rapid reusability. (Photo by SERGIO FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN Staff Abril Elfi
8:50 AM – Sunday, October 13, 2024

SpaceX has successfully launched their Starship rocket catching the returning booster back, splashing-down in the Indian Ocean.

On Sunday, the Starship, which has been designed to carry astronauts to the moon by 2026, was launched and separated from its Falcon Super Heavy rocket booster in a successful test flight. 

The booster then came back down to earth and was caught by “Mechazilla arms” at SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas.

“Are you kidding me?” SpaceX’s Dan Huot observed with excitement from near the launch site. “I am shaking right now.”

The starship then fell into the Indian Ocean after making a trip around the Earth. 

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