December 23, 2024
SpaceX’s Starship booster was ‘1 second’ away from abandoning epic launch tower capture

SpaceX’s Starship booster was ‘1 second’ away from abandoning epic launch tower capture

SpaceX’s historic capture of a rocket earlier this month was even more dramatic than it seemed.

This capture took place on October 13, during the fifth test flight of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket. Starship’s massive first stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Earth about seven minutes after liftoff, nestled next to its launch tower, which attached the rocket with its “wand” arms.

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