SpaceX catches Starship ship with launch tower for the first time in history
esrtweet · x · 2026-11-15
SpaceX just made history: for the first time ever, a spaceship — Starship — was caught mid-air by the launch tower itself, the same way the booster has been recovered. Engineersfeed congratulated the team, calling it an extraordinary engineering achievement, with video by @KEnagonio. Commenters note this is the sci-fi future promised to kids in the 1960s finally arriving.
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