SpaceX Starship Flight 5 Catch Explained! Yes, finally it happened!

Ok, so, I’m still not sure if I’m dreaming or not, but this just happened. Like… what!? Yes indeed, I have the SpaceX Starship Flight 5 Catch Explained! Yes, finally it happened! All of the prep work over the past few years all came down to this. All of that culminating in something this absolute spectacle of the fifth full stack Starship once again flying freely! And yes your eyes do not deceive you, SpaceX managed to catch the super heavy booster on the very first attempt. We’ve got a bunch to talk about today.

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[pullordienow]

I'm 50 years old, and this is at least the tenth time I've watched the catch video. I can't help but feel like a giddy little school girl every time I watch it. I have to hold back tears because my inner 10-year-old self dreamed of living in a future like this! I really hope that every school in America will show this video to their elementary students and discuss how far we have come since the Challenger incident.

[steveclauter]

Well I'm 71 years old and I was so excited that I started calling all my friends! My wife told me to stop shouting but IT WAS WORTH THE EFFORT! I remember all those Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions and Starship sets a NEW STANDARD!!!

[dennisswaim]

Space X has made a believer out of me. I am 62 and didn't think I'd ever is a manned mission to Mars in my lifetime. I just might see it before I croak.

[ofb]

Nearly 60 & English, on my own so no one to impress but I was quietly clapping & with tears in my eyes. Wonderful again & again the results will make the benefits of space massively more affordable. Excellent, superb & magnificent job guys so well done 👍👍👍👍👍

[ajskilton]

I'm 70 and I went into tears alongside my eleven year old grandson, whom I reckon will remember this as I do Neil 'climbing down the ladder ' in 1969 😂 👍

[CartoonrBOY]

I just couldn't believe it! They made it look they've done that 100's of times. Bravo SpaceX!!!

[johnwick]

50 year old from Uk here and been following this for years.
Yesterday was like Christmas, I'd not been so excited for years. Seeing that booster get caught in mid air was an absolute phenomenal sight.
Must have seen it over 30 times

[blackshadow]

Stunning!
I’m amazed at how quickly You, Marcus, along with Adam and the rest of the team, managed to deliver such a high-quality review.
These are, in my opinion, the best space content videos out there.
Keep up the great work!

[jimhibbs]

In my 76 years this is the most proud of America since I saw the landing on the moon when I was stationed in South Korea!

Hope the U.S.A. will survive to keep the DREAMS alive!

Hopes and dreams.

😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[jehhhGames]

I tear up every time I see it. Our species kicks arse some time man. Absolutely wild we actually acheived this. Congrats to everyone at spaceX!

[commerce-usa]

Almost exactly 24 hours ago and still awestruck at how amazing this achievement really was. Wow.

[pauljcampbell]

Last night we watched history being made! Great job to everyone involved!

[loudechant]

I watched this with my wife, who is interested in, but does not fully appreciate the complexity and difficulty of what is taking place. I’m a 59 year old man who followed Apollo as a boy, and the Space Shuttle as a young man. When the booster was caught I leapt off the couch, pumping my fist in the air and then promptly burst into tears! My wife couldn’t understand why I was so emotional even after I explained it to her as the ‘Kitty Hawk’ moment of our generation.

Us puny humans can accomplish so much when we put our minds to it. Contrast this accomplishment with what is currently going on in the Middle East, we must settle our petty differences and work together for the betterment of all mankind. We are capable of doing so much more.

[diverbob]

Hey Marcus, I was 13 when they landed on the moon back in 1969, and at that time I thought that was the greatest event ever. But over the last couple of years seeing a rocket land back on earth Beit onto a landing ship on the ocean or to the landing areas on land has been fantastic. And now to be able to see a rocket being plucked out of the sky is for me utterly beyond words' I have Goosebumps every time I watch it, and at the first view of the catch have to say i was moved to tears. How far the SpaceX has moved technology forward is totally unbelievable. Finally i have to say could not wait for your video to come on to YT, fantastic as ever.

[RockTouching]

0:23 it's so real it almost looks fake!

[baanibarnes]

I watched this live through the Everyday Astronaut's channel, outstanding coverage and great commentary from Tim. I was completely blown away by this flight, I got really emotional as that HUGE first stage glided in and was caught effortlessly by the catch arms - FIRST TIME! I don't think the general public has cottoned on to what Spacex are achieving here, pushing the bounds of the possible every flight, still trying to catch my breath! Can't wait for the next one, amazing stuff.

[rigel]

16:20 Look at their reaction to the sonic Boom!!! That's so freaking cool man.

[YouTubeOdyssey]

Im 54 years old and the greatest accomplishment in my life? Staying alive long enough to see the success of Starship launch 5! It was worth it! All the struggle, WORTH

[jackxiao]

Space X Engineers have gotten better at the process of innovating itself. I would never have thought they could do something this complicated successfully on the first try.

[Roundedlime]

This brought me to tears… This is so crazy… I’m showing my family this right now. I am so proud to be human.