Riding off the high of an epic test flight, rocket billionaire Elon Musk revealed upcoming plans for Starship's enhanced reusability.

The success is a giant leap toward the company's goal to take humans and cargo all the way to Mars on the world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle

The risky maneuver is a step toward SpaceX’s goal of full reusability for Starship, which is the world’s most powerful rocket, and is key to NASA’s plans to return to the moon.

In SpaceX's fifth test flight of its Starship rocket, the company successfully returned the “Super Heavy” booster to the arms of the launch tower for the first time. The Starship rocket is designed to be fully reusable and a part of NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the moon.

At the flight director’s command, the first-stage booster flew back to the launch pad where it had blasted off seven minutes earlier. The launch tower’s monstrous metal arms, dubbed chopsticks, caught the descending 232-foot (71-meter) stainless steel booster and gripped it tightly, dangling it well above the ground.

SpaceX launched its fifth test flight of its Starship rocket on Sunday and made a dramatic first catch of the rocket’s more than 20-story tall booster. It comes as SpaceX makes a big push to send people to the moon and Mars in the coming years.

For a few moments, my viewing angle made it look like the rocket was coming right at me. BOCA CHICA BEACH, Texas—I've taken some time to process what happened on the mudflats of South Texas a little more than a week ago and relived the scene in my mind countless times.

The technological advancements of today are truly remarkable, and SpaceX stands among the top innovators. This awe-inspiring clip, shared by Francisco, captures the SpaceX Starship heavy booster returning to the launch pad.

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