While the company has pulled off this trick a few times with Super Heavy boosters, it was a first for the Ship.
SpaceX nailed its first catch attempt of the Starship upper stage, safely catching the Ship with the arms of the launch tower it left from in South Texas.
SpaceX launched Starship on Friday for its 15th test flight, in which it set out to achieve some of its most ambitious goals yet. The company had planned to demonstrate its first double catch , which would see the Super Heavy V3 booster return to the launch site to be caught by the tower's chopstick arms before the upper stage, or the part known as the Ship, attempted the same…
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