Giant robot arms catch massive Starship rocket in a dramatic first

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The latest test flight of SpaceX large rocket made history when its orbital craft reentered Earth’s atmosphere and returned to the launched where it started.

Cape Canaveral | SpaceX’s Starship made a triumphant return to Earth on Saturday (Sunday AEDT), caught in midair 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 capture of a Starship flying back from space. But with the first-stage booster exploding shortly after Friday’s lift-off from Texas, the company fell short of its desired double catch.

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