SpaceX’s Super Heavy rocket was the star of the show during last week’s test flight after being successfully caught by the launch tower’s giant mechanical arms at the first attempt. Minutes earlier, the Super Heavy booster had deployed the upper-stage Starship spacecraft to orbit as part of the fifth test flight of the world’s most powerful rocket.

While Mechzilla garnered most of the attention of the fifth test flight, Starship's flip and splashdown were also impressive.

AM ET from SpaceX's Texas launch site, and the Super Heavy rocket returned minutes later for its successful landing.

SpaceX has successfully conducted its fifth test flight of the Starship rocket, a major milestone in space exploration technology. The launch was conducted from the company's facility in Boca Chica, Texas,

Watch how SpaceX's fully integrated Starship and Super Heavy rocket launches during a test flight but failed to separate and ended with Rapid Unplanned Disassembly (RUD) a few minutes into flight. Cre

SpaceX’s Starship rocket completed its boldest test flight yet with the help of “chopsticks," the monstrous metal arms that caught the rocket booster back at the launch pad.