SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship rocket on its boldest test flight yet. This fifth try involves trying to catch the returning booster at the Texas pad with mechanical arms. Towering almost 400 feet, the empty Starship blasted off XXXday from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed. This latest test flight aims to bring the first-stage booster back to land several minutes after liftoff. The launch tower sports monstrous metal arms, dubbed chopsticks, ready to catch the descending 232-foot booster.