SpaceX successfully carries out first-ever spaceship catch
SpaceX’s Starship made a triumphant return to Earth on Saturday, caught in mid-air 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-ever 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.
Wreckage remained in the Gulf of Mexico, cordoned off by buoys, as the stainless...
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