SpaceX makes history after Starship safely returns to launch site

SpaceX’s Starship successfully returned to its launch site and was caught by mechanical “chopstick arms” above Launch Pad 2 — a historic first in the space industry’s decades-long pursuit of fully reusable rocket systems.

Previously, SpaceX has captured returning booster rockets three times. However, the “catch” of Starship was far more complex as it fell much faster and from a higher altitude than the booster rockets.

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