Watch SpaceX rocket booster being caught by giant 'chopsticks' on launch pad after test flight
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- Watch SpaceX rocket booster being caught by giant 'chopsticks' on launch pad after test flight
SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday (October 13) returned the rocket's towering first stage booster back to its Texas launch pad for the first time using giant metal arms, achieving another novel engineering feat in the company's push to build a reusable moon and Mars vehicle.
The rocket's first stage "Super Heavy" booster lifted off at 7:25 a.m. CT (1225 GMT) from SpaceX's Boca Chica, Texas launch facilities, sending the Starship second stage rocket toward space before separating at an altitude of roughly 70 km (40 miles) to begin its return to land.
The Super Heavy booster re-lit three of its 33 Raptor engines to slow its speedy descent back to SpaceX's launch site, as it targeted the launch tower it had blasted off from. The tower is fitted with two large metal arms.
With its engines roaring, the 233 foot (71 metres)-tall Super Heavy booster fell into the launch tower's arms, hooking itself in place by its four forward grid fins it used to steer itself through the air.
The novel catch-landing method is the latest advance in SpaceX's test-to-failure development campaign for a fully reusable rocket designed to loft more cargo into orbit, ferry humans to the moon for NASA and eventually reach Mars - the ultimate destination envisioned by CEO Elon Musk.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Saturday approved SpaceX's launch license for the Starship test, following weeks of tension between the company and its regulator over the pace of launch approvals and fines related to SpaceX's workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9.
Starship, first unveiled by Musk in 2017, has exploded several times in various stages of testing on past flights, but successfully completed a full flight in June for the first time. The two-stage rocket's Super Heavy booster lifted off from Texas sending the second stage - Starship - on a near-orbital path bound for the Indian Ocean some 90 minutes later, acing a fiery hypersonic reentry.
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They landed a tube ....it hasnt even got any stabalizing wings. Respect earnt.
Awesome 🤯
Landing the Falcon-9 boosters was/is a nice piece of engineering, but this is a special kind of technological marvel! Very cool!
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2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
(there's a sudden jerk at 2:52 too but there everything moves)
What a phenomenal achievement, makes me proud just to be human, so no wonder the guys that are actually responsible are going crazy about it.
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2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
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Unbelievable!! I'm 64 years old and remember watching the space launches in the 60's. Not a lot was salvageable. But to this, I have to say 'unbelievable' again. It's a wonder a team of mechanics didn't suddenly appear and start getting it ready for the next mission!
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2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
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History in making" Right there!
indeed
Like something out of a sci fi film. Fabulous. 😁
If it was out of a sci-fi it would have legs which would fold out from where a fuel tank is supposed to be
I must admit, that was impressive.
"Great catch" is the understatement of the century
Amazing I say with tears in my eyes!!
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I am from South Africa and watching this gave me goosebumps, thinking the man behind this is from here...
He isnt behind he only pays people to do it and takes the risk.
@@mourgos1234 Oh sorry he is infront then
True, he was born in SA, but don't forget he also has American citizenship now for many years. He studied & has lived in the US since 1992. Several decades now. SpaceX is an American spacecraft manufacturer which receives funds by the US government. His achievements are impressive but they could only be made possible in the states where the resources & wealth are practically unlimited.
@@ravensfan777 Outstanding African-American then. Incidentally NASA and Boeing have unlimited wads of cash given to them by the Federal Government and have had far longer periods of time to (not) do what SpaceX has done. Elon started SpaceX with the kind of money the US Government sneezes on useless programs every day.
@@ravensfan777 Very true, he wouldn't have had the resources in South Africa to accomplish what he's done. Sad but true. There are such incredible geniuses in SA, it is not just him, the others just don't want to leave the country due to the freedom we have in this country.
And these videos do not even do justice to the weight, speed of this event.
Right?!??!!
Thunderbirds are Go, anything can happen in the next half hour, and we just saw it!
A truly fantastic achievement by the space x team.
Never seen anything like this outside a sci-fi movie. Absolutely astonishing.
sci-fi it is, play many times at 0,25x speed and no sound.
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2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
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Cutting edge space technology for rocket launchers. Brilliant result !
Must have watched that about 50 times by now, absolutely incredible 😮
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2:31 til 2:35: what is the direction of the plasma/flames/smoke?
2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
(there's a sudden jerk at 2:52 too but there everything moves)
It's fantastic.l'm watching from Ukraine
I hope you are okay :(
Stay safe!
Meanwhile Chinese Tofu Rockets explodes few months ago 😂
Clinton "instructed" American defense contractors to give the Chinese rocket technology around the year 2000. They've deployed a lander on Mars and on the moon! We should all thank Bill Clinton for helping the Chinese become America's most powerful enemy!
chinese living in your head rent free.
It's tough when you only rely on copying and stealing tech..
Chinese stole
RESPECT!!
That’s a 14 story building size rocket , we are witnessing history here
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Elon will have people living on Mars by the time Boeing gets a crew into orbit and back in one piece.
🤣 🤣 🤣
it's like scoring the ultimate goal
God bless USA,, respect.. Time is beauty 💐💐💐💐
Even the sun has a positive headline😂 what a day for humanity
This makes the ulez charge emmisions pointless
Cope.
Truly like magic 🫡
To See a 121 metres , 35 Story Building Lifting off is Unbelievable , then a controlled landing of a 20story building is Insane
ANOTHER MILESTONE FOR SPACEX
Im just amazed at the stuff we do here.. unbelievable
Phenomenal!
Amazing!
That is super bad azz!
Meanwhile in Iran and Afghanistan they think women’s hair is dangerous 😂😂😂😂😂
Meanwhile in the west...they still think that other cultures and morality is inferior to theirs... while they export war and violence to all the world to sustain hegemony.
@@juanpablosanchezaveleyra6454
You live in the west? 🤣🤦♂️
Meanwhile Tofu china rockets keeps raining debris 😂😂😂
Absolutely amazing! 🤔🙄🇮🇳🇬🇧
It’s like come to mama. Super amazing, congratulations Space X, Respect to you all
Now we just need to find a planet that supports life. I'd sign up in a heart beat
Looked like it was going to hit the tower there for a sec.
That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen
This is wild.
Elon Musk the most successful African in history...
American 🇺🇸
You mean African-American?
And white
Yeah he is south african and was born there his mother is canadian elon musk isnt american AT ALL
@@urbansnipe He became a US citizen in 2002.
OmG absolutely Insane landing 😮😮
The pelicans that were roosting on the tower can come back now until the next launch.
WOW!
"GREAT👍JOB ENGINEER ELON MUSK & TEAM SPACE X! SUCCESSFUL LUNCH." ❤🇬🇧❤
The engineers masterminds behind all the SpaceX success and the ones that build these engines are Americans, in fact, the hero of SpaceX's rocket success is the American engineer and genius, Tom Mueller.
"TOM WE'RE PROUD 👏 OF ALL OF YOU/ SPACE X. KEEP THE GREAT 👍 COMING!" ❤🇬🇧❤
@@rayakusu-fosterB Amen to that brother! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
This is why the left hates elon. He's brilliant
False. The current NASA administrator is a Dem, and NASA keeps giving SpaceX contracts.
Mainly because he says what he thinks. And he thinks greatly
Not even close 🤦♂️
I hate him for the twitter influence and I love him for this and pushing everybody to make electric cars. Is a love-hate thing
@@car9167Wait.. You hate him for revealing that the alphabet agencies in the USA and other governments around the world were heavily supressing and controlling what could and couldn't be said on that platform, shaping a particular one-sided narrative, as Elon the Twitter Files (you read them, right?) and subsequently gave people the ability to say whatever they wanted on the platform as long as it is within the scope of the regional legislation that applies? Oh, okay..
Just amazing, simply fabulous!🎉😮😊
Fair play!
Soo s!ck… SpaceX is leaving the world behind
I thought it dropped into the ocean..
On the cusp of colonising our solar system. Amazing.
So awesome 🎉
Woah this is so sick
Genius!
it's like catching a falling 6 stories high building before it touches the ground, well done SpaceX.
20 stories💀
*26
Wow!!!!
High Fives all around the house for SpaceX. An unspeakable accomplishment! Try slow the reentry speed of that booster next time.
And I have problems just backing my car into my garage!!! Wowzer! How exciting this is. Just what we need to boost our national pride!
1 catch for space x
1 big step for humanity
Thanks, very kool. ✌🏻👊🏼
Sick. This is amazing!
Almost dropped in the slips.
Truly amazing!!!👍👍👍😱😱😱👏👏👏
Thank you 🙏 for sharing 👏👏👏🚀landing like cartoon character impressive 👋☮️
It was just an awesome sight ... incredible marvel of engineering .
China might get the next moon landing but the west could have one helluva moon base . Great achievement Elon
The west? you mean the US LMAO! China doesn't come even close when it comes to technology compared to the US. the US is on another level.
china is wacthing desperate to copy lol
congrats ELLON MASK! and to all team of Space X
R u watching NASA 😊
NASA alone would have never been able to accomplish this
NASA is one of the major sponsors of spacex
Nasa paid millions to space x to do this they gave money to Boeing too
Nasa paid billions to SpaceX to accomplish this and Boeing too
@@RW-zh7kl Eh... it's more that they don't have the right incentives, than the ability. I mean is this really more impressive than the skycrane or something?
Cheering all the way, I've only just had time to catch up from a couple of days ago. Yeah 😊
Dude just parallel parked a Rocket. 😊🚀
Amazing
Camera man went up together till separate and returned back😂
Well done ,guys!! What about starship??
WOW 😮
Wow😮
We learned about space and space ex I my class😮 wow😮
Wow absolutely amazing 🎉👏👏
THUNDERBIRDS really are GO!!!
Unbelievable!!!🚀
Some camera on board ,didn’t even melt 😂
Likely better camera placement, the previous flight test melted the camera.
@@1ndragunawan great camera illusions
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2:31 til 2:35: what is the direction of the plasma/flames/smoke?
2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
(there's a sudden jerk at 2:52 too but there everything moves)
@@Peterkramer929Methane vent venting well.. methane that catches fire (after landing they vented the methane closed and it stopped the fire)
Drone vibration (not only the tower moves)
And drone vibration again
@@eliottspeedy7612 Again, play many times at 0,25x speed and no sound.
2:31 til 2:35: direction of the plasma/flames/smoke cloud is towards the booster instead of away, how is that possible?
2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left. how is that possible?
Yes, I call that thing 'chopsticks" as well
Unreal that very last manoeuvre 😅 ,i thought it was curtains for a second 😳
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2:31 til 2:35: what is the direction of the plasma/flames/smoke?
2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
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This is allien tech!!! 🤨Just amazing! State of the art of technology and engineering. Congrats!
US baby!
👏👏👏👏👏 amazing work all ❤❤❤❤
😮 literally like they ⏪ rewind the 📼 flipping tape backwards 😲 ❤ amazing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤔👈👽👉
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2:31 til 2:35: what is the direction of the plasma/flames/smoke?
2:55 the tower and only the tower makes a little jerk to the left.
(there's a sudden jerk at 2:52 too but there everything moves)
Any ufos 🛸 off the coast of san diego will be watching us 😀 and laughing 😅
huge well done
Unbelievable!
Over 17000 miles per hour ❤😮❤
❤
Beyond amazing
Get aload of this 🎉❤
Elon Musk is an amazing human being an he has wonderful teams of people working for him....God bless all of them
I am in awe. Just fkn amazing 👏 🎉🍻
I could do without the orchestrated cheering section.
I gotta Goosebumps 😮😮
Clearly just a video in reverse. Can’t believe people are falling for this 🤣
Very very cool!
Wow 👏👏👏👏
It’s a shame that this video have only 71 k views
amazing stuff
Elon and Trump, make America great again!! Awesome!!
Wow!