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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.