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SpaceX caught the upper stage of its Starship rocket with the mechanical arms of its launch tower on Saturday, the first time the company has recovered the vehicle after a flight and a major step toward Elon Musk’s goal of a fully reusable rocket.
The stage, known as Ship 42, settled into the tower’s “chopstick” arms at the company’s South Texas launch site at 4:20 p.m. EST (2120 GMT). It had lifted off roughly 22-1/2 hours earlier on Starship’s 15th test flight.
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