SpaceX has stacked its Starship megarocket ahead of the vehicle's fifth test flight, which isn't expected to launch until late November. SpaceX announced the stacking on Saturday (Sept. 21) in a post on X that featured four photos of the operation, which took place at the company's Starbase site in South Texas.

SpaceX has retrieved from the sea the first-stage booster that flew on its latest Starship test flight, which launched this past June.

The company is preparing to launch Starship for the fifth time pending regulatory approval. SpaceX recovered the remains of its Starship rocket from the bottom of the sea as the company awaits approval to launch its megarocket for its fifth flight test.

SpaceX has successfully recovered the Super Heavy booster from Starship Flight 4, marking the first retrieval of the rocket post-launch. The company is now preparing for Starship Flight 5, where it will attempt a