Watch live: SpaceX launches Starship on 5th test flight, attempts to catch returning booster

Watch live as a SpaceX Super Heavy booster and Starship launch on its 5th test flight featuring an attempt to catch the returning booster with the launch pad tower chopsticks.

Liftoff on Sunday, October 13, is set for 7:25 a.m. CDT / 8:25 a.m. EDT / 1225 UTC.

The Starship vehicle, equipped with an improved heat shield, should achieve near-orbital velocity on a mission that will take it half way around the world. Starship will then reenter the atmosphere and make a gentle splashdown in the Indian Ocean.

Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin two hours before launch and is brought to you in partnership with LabPadre.

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[OGD]

The fact there is no comms / A/V blackout during re-entry is incredible

[lifer]

“That's one small catch for man, one giant leap for mankind” 😊👍

[wm]

Fantastic engineering. This is what's truly called Rocket Science!!

[jaye]

spacex is changing the game, to witness this in our lifetime is crazy

[cubefox]

"That's ... the most amazing thing I've ever seen" - Marcus House

[Тимур-ыюж]

Это просто фантастика!!!!
Нет слов!!! Поздравляю от всей души!!!!

[darknight]

Had to miss actual launch, pulled up you guys for my first time watching. Always professional, always spot on. Thank you!

[benhorley]

I watched this purely by accident, it was on the news here in the UK and I thought it might be interesting. I'm so glad I did, it was just astonishing, I actually had a lump in my throat when it sucessfully "landed". I'm just so glad I watched this, I hope you're there for the next one Marcus! What an amazing day.

[montygill]

To think both the booster and Starship will be fully reusable, Amazing 👏

[milescoleman]

Unbelievable. I didn’t think it could be done. 233ft tall and 200tons snatched out of the air.

[Alaric]

The booster catch was extremely impressive and cool.

[johnulmer]

Wow, just wow! I'm old enough that I remember watching the Apollo 11 launch as a kid. I would never believe this if I didn't see it with my own eyes. Incredible feat. I'm still amazed!!!

[barnet]

While Boeing still has no idea how to safely transport astronauts to lower earth orbit and back.

Space X just casually catches en equiv. Saturn 5 1st+2nd stage on their first attempt.

What a company, incredible feat.

[ustdigital]

Die Booster Rückkehr ist absolut unglaublich. Gratualtion!!!

[KevinOge-msby]

This is why many of us love the engineering profession as much as we do. Great things can be achieved. The Moon and Mars are next. Awesome

[shanbadg]

I’m 57, I have lived in a generation where I was alive during some of the most epic moments in history. I can’t believe I witnessed this.

[bobcarter]

THE MEN WHO HAD THAT TO WORK ARE FANTASTIC WORKERS, GOT THE JOB DONE GREAT

[randyoneil]

When I first watched the YouTube clip, I thought it was an AI generated projection of what the starship booster catch would look like, then I realized it was real. I regret not getting the adrenaline rush from watching the whole thing before knowing, but very grateful that SpaceX seems to have achieved the impossible.

[HGFourie]

Why is nobody saying anything about Gwynne Shotwell. Without her, this would not have happened

[弘历爱新觉罗]

What a historic moment of human space exploration❤ Looking forward to see Human return to Moon and land on Mars successfully🎉🎉 Proud of SpaceX，Proud of United States of America🇺🇸🇺🇸