SpaceX is one step closer to the 15th test flight of the Starship giant rocket. On November 10, local time, SpaceX announced that it had transferred the newest Starship Level 1 booster, Super Heavy Booster No. 22 to the launch pad at the Southern Texas Interstellar Base in the United States to prepare for the 15th test flight. This test flight is scheduled to take place this Friday local time. In the upcoming launch test, SpaceX plans to simultaneously recover the super-heavy booster and the Starship's upper class spacecraft for the first time: both will try to complete aerial capture through a pair of robotic arms, commonly known as “chopsticks,” on the launch tower. This will be the first attempt in human space history to completely recover a rocket in orbit.

SpaceX is one step closer to the 15th test flight of the Starship giant rocket. On November 10, local time, SpaceX announced that it had transferred the newest Starship Level 1 booster, Super Heavy Booster No. 22 to the launch pad at the Southern Texas Interstellar Base in the United States to prepare for the 15th test flight. This test flight is scheduled to take place this Friday local time. In the upcoming launch test, SpaceX plans to simultaneously recover the super-heavy booster and the Starship's upper class spacecraft for the first time: both will try to complete aerial capture through a pair of robotic arms, commonly known as “chopsticks,” on the launch tower. This will be the first attempt in human space history to completely recover a rocket in orbit.