SpaceX has pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after lift-off or while ditching into the sea.

SpaceX has pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after lift-off or while ditching into the sea.