SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said the company will attempt to catch Starship and its booster next month, aiming to recover the entire orbital launch system for the first time. During the company's third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday, Musk stated that a successful capture would mark the first time in history an orbital launch vehicle has been fully recovered. He described the potential achievement as a profound technology milestone in the history of civilization consciousness. Musk acknowledged that success is not guaranteed on these first flights, though he assessed it as more likely than not that the next flight will succeed.