SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster as it returns to Earth

The rocket booster was caught by giant robotic arms in this fifth flight test.

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00:00SpaceX's Starship rocket blasted off Sunday morning from Texas before the first stage

00:08booster came back to land at the pad from which it had soared.

00:12The feat marked the boldest test flight yet of the SpaceX Enormous Starship rocket.

00:19Four Starships before it ended up being destroyed, the previous one in June had been the most

00:24successful until Sunday's demo.

00:27After delivering satellites and crews to orbit, SpaceX's boosters often return to land

00:32on floating ocean platforms or on concrete slabs several miles from their launch pads.

00:39Sunday's feat was hailed by many who watched, including a jubilant Elon Musk who called

00:44it science fiction without the fiction part.