SpaceX catches Starship rocket in historic first
It was the grand finale that Elon Musk and his team hoped for – the first-ever capture of a Starship flying back from space.
The company's spacecraft returned to its Texas launchpad in dramatic fashion — by carefully lowering itself until two metal arms attached to the launch tower could secure it.
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Although booster exploded, company caught upper stage for first time in campaign to make megarocket reusable
The successful return of the SpaceX rocket to its launch pad is a breakthrough in the company's decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket.
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The latest test flight of the SpaceX rocket made history when its orbital craft re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and returned to the launch where it started.
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Starship Test Flight 15 marked the first time Elon Musk's company tried to catch both the booster and upper stage of the rocket.
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In an unprecedented maneuver, the Starship spacecraft just came sweeping down to a pinpoint landing within the arms of SpaceX’s Mechazilla launch tower.
It was the grand finale that Elon Musk and his team hoped for – the first-ever capture of a Starship flying back from space.
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SpaceX captured Starship using the arms of ‘Mechazilla’ its launch and catch tower for the first time.
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Starship has returned to Earth from orbit and has — for the first time — been caught by giant mechanical arms.
SpaceX officials say catch by mechanical arms shows Starship's full reusability, crucial for rapid, low-cost recycling.
SpaceX has performed the historic catch using mechanical arms nicknamed "chopsticks".
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SpaceX has launched what could be an unprecedented test flight of Starship — the most powerful launch vehicle ever constructed — from the company’s facilities in Starbase, Texas.
Starship reached orbit on Flight 15 and deployed 26 Starlink satellites. The booster aborted its catch; the ship tries a tower catch on Saturday.
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For decades, space travel has meant throwing away millions of dollars on one-time-use rockets and parts. Enter Starship. If Elon Musk’s SpaceX can “catch” its latest spaceship after it reenters Earth’s atmosphere, the company could change space exploration forever.
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It felt like stepping into the future.