SpaceX catches Starship spacecraft at launch tower for first time

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SpaceX's Starship spacecraft returned to Earth at the end of a test flight that lasted about 22 hours. During the flight, the spacecraft circled the Earth 14 times. The flight carried 26 Starlink satellites into space.

The spacecraft returned to the launch site in Texas and was caught in the air by two mechanical arms at the launch tower. This is the first time in the history of space that a spacecraft has been caught in this way.