Cape Canaveral: SpaceX’s Starship made a triumphant return to Earth on Saturday (US time), caught by giant mechanical arms on its launchpad.
It was the grand finale that Elon Musk and his team hoped for – the first-ever capture of a Starship returning from space. As the first-stage booster exploded shortly after Friday’s liftoff from Texas 22 hours earlier, the company fell short of its desired double catch, still the goal for accelerating moon and Mars travel .
Booster wreckage was still cordoned off in the Gulf of Mexico, as the sleek stainless-steel spacecraft lowered itself upright onto the pad, sci-fi style.
The capture helped blot out the…
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