SpaceX’s Starship returns to launch pad from orbit – video

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The top part of SpaceX’s megarocket Starship returned to its Texas launch tower on Saturday, a milestone in the company’s efforts to make the craft suitable for human spaceflight.…

The top part of SpaceX’s megarocket Starship returned to its Texas launch tower on Saturday, a milestone in the company’s efforts to make the craft suitable for human spaceflight. Starship’s 15th test flight was envisioned as a historic double-catch mission, where all parts of the rocket would be returned intact, but the lower booster section malfunctioned and activated an automated abort, exploding over the ocean

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