SpaceX’s Starship has completed its fifth test flight, as Elon Musk continues his push for a mission that will one day take astronauts to the Moon – maybe even to Mars.
During this flight, the SpaceX team tried something that had never been done before.
Unlike previous flights, when the booster plunged into the Indian Ocean, it slowed down and gently descended toward the launch pad to be caught by a pair of giant mechanical arms – or “maneuvering”. chopsticks”.
Watch the moment the SpaceX control room erupted in cheers as the move was successfully completed, an achievement the BBC’s Pallab Ghosh described as “absolutely astonishing”.
