Starbase-area residents are being warned of sonic booms as mega-rocket's booster stage attempts to land at Boca Chica Beach for first time.

SpaceX in its fifth Starship test flight on Sunday returned the rocket's towering first stage booster back to its Texas launch pad for the first time using giant mechanical arms, achieving another novel engineering feat in the company's push to build a reusable moon and Mars vehicle.

SpaceX is moving forward with plans to launch the first test flight of its Starship megarocket since June from Starbase in Texas.