Starship Live Updates: SpaceX Tries for Milestone Rocket LandingKenneth Chang's live-updates article reports SpaceX's latest Starship flight, launched Friday from South Texas, is expected to re-enter Saturday afternoon and, for the first time, return to its launchpad, where mechanical arms would catch the spacecraft out of midair about 4:18 p.m. Eastern. Friday's launch skipped the booster catch, with the booster splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico instead.