SpaceX Succeeds In 'Catching' Starship Rocket A Second Time

SpaceX succeeded Thursday in once more catching the descending first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket in the "chopstick" arms of its launch tower, a stunning engineering feat it first accomplished in October.

SpaceX Succeeds In 'Catching' Starship Rocket A Second Time

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SpaceX succeeded Thursday in once more catching the descending first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket in the "chopstick" arms of its launch tower, a stunning engineering feat it first accomplished in October.

The gleaming stainless-steel booster carefully lowered itself using its thrusters, prompting cheers and applause from the SpaceX mission control team at Starbase, in Boca Chica, Texas.

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