The historic maneuver marks the first successful recovery of an orbital vehicle using a launch tower’s robotic arms
SpaceX has successfully caught its Starship spacecraft returning from orbit, using giant mechanical arms to capture the vehicle in midair at its launch site in Texas.
The historic maneuver took place on Saturday afternoon, after the spacecraft completed 14 orbits of Earth during a mission lasting more than 22 hours. It marked the first time SpaceX had recovered a Starship spacecraft from orbit.
The 124-meter Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, launched from the company’s Starbase facility in southern Texas on…
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