SpaceX has successfully caught the first stage of the Super Heavy rocket

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX conducted its fifth flight test of the Starship transport system. The system consists of a 71-meter first stage, Super Heavy, and a 50-meter Starship spacecraft. This is the most powerful rocket system in the world, which, according to plans, will be able to deliver people to the Moon and Mars in the future.

The launch took place from the company's base in Boca Chica, in the southern part of Texas, at 8:25 AM local time.

During the test, for the first time, the first stage of the rocket was caught by the mechanized Mechazilla arm.

Usually, the first stages of rockets, after completing their function, separate from the spacecraft and fall to the ground, or more precisely, into the ocean. This time, the stage was equipped with an additional engine that returned it to the launch site, and the launch towers "caught" the Super Heavy with special clamps.

Source: forbes.kz