SpaceX completed its fifth Starship test flight Sunday, achieving a major milestone by catching the rocket's booster for the first time and advancing toward creating a fully reusable rocket system. 

SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket

The launch tower, dubbed “Mechazilla,” and its arms reached out to grab the 232-foot booster as it made its controlled descent, gently touching back down right where it lifted off.

SpaceX successfully launched the Starship rocket, the world's largest and most powerful rocket yet, which the company hopes will one day carry people from the Moon to Mars.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was selected to bring home NASA's astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

NASA launched SpaceX craft Saturday afternoon, as part of its mission to head to the International Space Station and bring back two stranded astronauts back to Earth.

Saturday’s scheduled launch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will go up with two empty seats in the capsule to return astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth.

SpaceX and NASA delayed the mission due to Hurricane Helene.

Jared Isaacman worked with the company to test its brand-new spacesuits on his chartered flight. He was followed in his spacewalk by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis.

Cady Coleman discusses the out-of-this-world activity which less than 300 people have ever conducted.

Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and Space-X's Sarah Gillis will exit the spacecraft. The team has already traveled 870 miles from Earth -- farther than anyone since the last Apollo mission in 1972.

The highly anticipated program has faced a series of delays from the originally planned Aug. 26 launch due to unfavorable weather conditions and a ground system issue.

SpaceX has again delayed the Polaris Dawn commercial spaceflight mission due to "unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon's splashdown areas."

After launching Starlink internet satellites, attempts to land the reusable boosters failed as they caught fire and fell into the ocean, leading the FAA to decide to ground the fleet.

The historic Polaris Dawn mission was scheduled for liftoff on Tuesday but was postponed due to a helium leak.

Elon Musk is vowing to relocate two of his companies in response to a new California law aimed at protecting children who change their gender identity. ABC News' Andrew Dymburt explains.

On Thursday, a SpaceX rocket's upper stage engine failure stranded 20 Starlink internet satellites in a low, non-survivable orbit. The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate this incident.

ABC News contributor, astrophysicist and science educator Hakeem Oluseyi and Columbia University professor and former astronaut Mike Massimino discuss the SpaceX rocket launch in Texas.

During the Washington Nationals and New York Mets spring training game, announcers noticed the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral.

SpaceX lost contact with its Starship rocket on reentry over the Indian Ocean, the company said Thursday, but the third test flight for the mission was deemed a success.

The third test flight of the rocket was still deemed a success as it advanced further than either previous test, officials said.

ABC News’ Mireya Villarreal reports on the SpaceX launch of Starship, the largest rocket ever, which made it into orbit before losing contact during reentry.

The lunar lander is expected to land on the moon's surface next week, and will mark the first time a U.S. craft has landed on the moon in over 50 years.

Scientists will look at the effects of extended time in space on human food.

The FAA is overseeing the Space-X investigation into the explosion of the starship.

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket Saturday morning, with the booster exploding and spacecraft apparently detonating during the second test flight.

The multicultural astronaut crew of four are expected to land at the International Space Station this morning.

The Department of Justice is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX for allegedly rejecting job applicants over their asylum or refugee status.

Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson set a new U.S. record when she touched down on Tuesday night, spending 675 days in space.

Elon Musk congratulated the team behind the Starship rocket launch, even after it was forced to self-destruct when its boosters failed to separate.

Even though SpaceX's Starship rocket launch on Thursday didn't go according to plan, here's how it could change space exploration.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the explosion of SpaceX's Starship that occurred a few minutes into flight.

Astrophysicist and science educator Hakeem Oluseyi puts into context the liftoff of the largest and most powerful rocket in the world and its subsequent explosion.

Retired NASA astronaut and aviation expert Cady Coleman discusses the launch and what led to the explosion.

The powerful rocket lifted off the launch pad but failed to separate from its booster, exploding four minutes after the launch.

The first launch attempt was scrubbed Monday due to a frozen valve.

SpaceX is planning the second launch attempt of the world's largest rocket -- Starship -- after the first attempt was scrubbed Monday.

The Starship is expected to eventually carry passengers to the moon and Mars.

The Monday morning launch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship rocket from Boca Chica, Texas, was delayed due to a pressurization issue.

The launch was changed to a wet dress rehearsal and the launch could be rescheduled for Wednesday.

SpaceX has scrubbed the launch its powerful Starship rocket -- which is expected to eventually carry passengers to the moon and Mars -- that was set for Monday morning.

The FAA cleared the way for SpaceX to launch Starship, the most powerful orbital rocket ever built.

ABC News' Gio Benitez sits down with the first astronauts set to orbit the moon in more than 50 years.

Astronauts from the U.S., Japan, and Russia have returned safely to earth after five months on the International Space Station.

A look at the numbers behind the Space-X final test of its Starship rocket, clearing the way for permission to launch.

The Polaris Dawn Crew for SpaceX’s next civilian mission are working on their endurance training by running in the St. Jude Memphis Marathon that supports families of children with cancer.

Hayley Arceneaux became the youngest American to go to space last year after she spent three days in orbit on Space-X's Inspiration rocket. She is telling her story in a new book.

A Falcon 9 rocket is seen passing a full moon as it leaves a launch site in Florida.

A SpaceX capsule carrying a crew of astronauts, including Nicole Mann, the first Native American woman in space, docks to the International Space Station.

Space X’s mission to the International Space Station made history, with astronaut Nicole Mann becoming first Native American woman in space, and a Russian cosmonaut joining the crew.