SpaceX conducted the fifth flight test of its massive Starship spacecraft on Sunday. The Super Heavy booster successfully returned to the Boca Chica, Texas, launch facility and landed in a capture device dubbed “Mechazilla,’ while Starship continued to a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

SpaceX’s Starship prepares to lift off during its fifth flight test in Boca Chica, Texas, October 13, 2024.

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