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SpaceX Catches Starship Returning From Orbit for First Time

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  • SpaceX successfully caught its Starship rocket as it returned from orbit for the first time.
  • This upper-stage recovery represents significant progress toward fully reusing both sections of the company's launch system.
  • However, the Super Heavy booster did not complete a land recovery and was diverted to splash down offshore during the test mission.

Summarized automatically by Kryptokite from reporting by The Defiant. Read the original sources for full detail.

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  • The DefiantSpaceX Catches Starship Returning From Orbit for First Time · 1 hour agoRead on The Defiant

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