While uncertain about catching Super Heavy again, SpaceX plans to attempt recovering the Starship upper stage for the first time.

SpaceX has not yet confirmed a date for the sixth Starship test flight, which is expected to occur later this year.

The booster catch is critical to SpaceX's long-term goal of sending humans to Mars in the near future.

Although new abort protocols were confirmed to be in place, the incident highlighted the inherent risks involved in the operation.

Engineers discussed damage sustained by the Super Heavy during landing, including failed spot welds that thankfully did not affect its overall structure.

Plans for the next Starship launch were outlined, focusing on balancing speed and risk mitigation, including addressing the damaged welds with a protective cover called the chine skin.

Musk indicated that SpaceX's next Starship launch could occur in early 2025, with plans to also catch the upper stage in future missions.

SpaceX achieved a significant milestone by successfully landing the Super Heavy first stage back at the company's Mechazilla launch tower after its fifth Starship launch.

The highlight of this flight was the attempted catch of the Super Heavy booster using a launch tower equipped with 'chopstick' arms.

During a live stream of him playing Diablo 4, Elon Musk was informed by three SpaceX engineers about a close call during the test, revealing they were 'one second away' from triggering an abort.

The landing was nearly aborted due to a misconfigured spin gas abort system, which risked sending an erroneous command to crash the rocket instead of catching it.

If the abort had been activated, the rocket would have attempted to crash land nearby to minimize potential damage to the launch infrastructure.