The latest flight test comes roughly a month after the Super Heavy booster was successfully caught by two robotic arms and returned to the launch site during the Starship's fifth flight test. The sixth flight test hopes to build on that momentum with upgrades made to both hardware and software controls.

During the fifth test flight, the space company was able to achieve the first-ever booster rocket catch via chopstick arms of the mammoth Mechzilla tower.

SpaceX will conduct the sixth flight test of Starship, the largest rocket ever built, as soon as November 18, following the smooth success of the previous