Elon Musk: SpaceX Starship IFT-5 Flight Test! Starship Mechazilla Start!

A live webcast of the flight test will begin about 30 minutes before liftoff, which you can watch here. The launch window will open as early as 7:00 a.m. CT. As is the case with all developmental testing, the schedule is dynamic and likely to change. Flight 4 was a tremendous success. A fully successful ascent was followed by the first ever booster soft-landing in the Gulf of Mexico and Starship making it through a brilliant reentry, before its own landing burn and splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The fifth flight test of Starship will aim to take another step towards full and rapid reusability. The primary objectives will be attempting the first ever return to launch site and catch of the Super Heavy booster and another Starship reentry and landing burn, aiming for an on-target splashdown of Starship in the Indian Ocean. Hr/Min/Sec Event 01:15:00 SpaceX Flight Director conducts poll and verifies GO for propellant load 00:49:50 Ship fuel (liquid methane) load underway 00:48:40