Cape Canaveral | SpaceX’s Starship made a triumphant return to Earth on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), caught in midair by giant mechanical arms where its journey began 22 hours earlier.
It was the grand finale that Elon Musk and his team hoped for – the first capture of a Starship flying back from space. But with the first-stage booster exploding shortly after Friday’s lift-off from Texas, the company fell short of its desired double catch.
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