Watch SpaceX Catch Its Super Heavy Rocket Like Something Out Of Sci-Fi

SpaceX completed its fifth test flight of its Starship spacecraft and its Super Heavy booster rocket today. Among the objectives for the test flight was the return and catch of the Super Heavy booster by the launch and catch infrastructure at SpaceX Starbase in Texas, known as Mechzilla.

Elon Musk made a bold claim recently, which involved SpaceX planning to launch around 5 uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years. He added that if all uncrewed missions were successful, crewed missions could be possible in four years’ time. However, at that time, the space company still had certain obstacles to overcome in order to make Musk’s dream come true. One of those was ensuring the ability of the mammoth infrastructure called Mechzilla being able to successfully catch a returning Super Heavy booster rocket. As of today, that goal has been achieved, and it looked like something right out of ...