SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft on Saturday returned from its longest flight in orbit yet to the Texas launch tower it was launched from a day prior, showing the first key recovery of the rocket system’s centrepiece vessel in the company’s decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket. The towering two-stage ro
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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft on Saturday returned from its longest flight in orbit yet to the Texas launch tower it was launched from a day prior, showing the first key recovery of the rocket system’s centrepiece vessel in the company’s decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket. The towering two-stage ro
'That was the Holy Grail of space flight,' SpaceX spokesman Dan Huot said of the first-ever recovery of a spaceship as it returned to its launch site following a day in orbit. The successful recovery of SpaceX's Starship marks a breakthrough in founder Elon Musk’s goal of developing a fully reusable rocket system. 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.
Le Monde English reported the story as "SpaceX pulls off first-ever spaceship 'catch'." South China Morning Post reported the story as "SpaceX successfully carries out first-ever spaceship catch."
3 sources have covered this story, including Le Monde English, Deutsche Welle English and South China Morning Post. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed 46 minutes ago.
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- FirstSouth China Morning PostNov 14, 4:32 PM ET · Hong KongRight
- +2mDeutsche Welle EnglishNov 14, 4:35 PM ET · GermanyCenter
- +1h 53mLe Monde EnglishNov 14, 6:25 PM ET · FranceCenter
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