Watch SpaceX rocket booster being caught by giant ’chopsticks’ on launch pad after test flight

Watch SpaceX rocket booster being caught by giant ’chopsticks’ on launch pad after test flight SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday (October 13) returned the rocket’s towering first stage booster back to its Texas launch pad for the first time using giant metal arms, achieving another novel engineering feat in the company’s push to build a reusable moon and Mars vehicle. The rocket’s first stage “Super Heavy“ booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. CT (1225 GMT) from SpaceX’s Boca Chica, Texas launch facilities, sending the Starship second stage rocket toward space before separating at an altitude of roughly 70 km (40 miles) to begin its return to land. The Super Heavy booster re-lit three of its 33 Raptor engines to slow its speedy descent back to SpaceX’s launch site, as it targeted the launch tower it had blasted off from. The tower is fitted with two large metal arms. With its engines roaring, the 233 foot (71 metres)-tall Super Heavy