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SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster on Texas launchpad

Headline from The Hill, from the development of Oct 13, 2024

Newest development Oct 14, 2024 · 3 reportsSpaceX's Starship launch a success

SpaceX successfully caught a rocket booster on its Texas launchpad in what Elon Musk called a significant "step towards making life multiplanetary."

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    SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster on Texas launchpad

    Headline from The Hill ·

  2. Newest

    SpaceX's Starship launch a success

    Headline from Delaware Public Media ·

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42 articles, oldest first.

  1. Forbes

    Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches 5th Starship Test—And Catches Booster In Mid-Air (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The launch was SpaceX’s fifth in just 18 months.

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    SpaceX has pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket. Elon Musk

  3. The Guardian

    SpaceX launches Starship rocket and catches booster in giant metal arms (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Elon Musk’s huge rocket sets off on test flight before upper stage splashdown and explosion in Indian Ocean

  4. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.

  5. CNN

    Highlights: SpaceX launches Starship test flight 5 (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    SpaceX completes its most ambitious Starship test flight yet, catching the Super Heavy rocket booster in massive metal “chopsticks.”

  6. Los Angeles Times

    SpaceX successfully launches and catches Starship booster in fifth test flight (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    In an engineering feat, SpaceX launches enormous Starship rocket booster and successfully catches it back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.

  7. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster in dramatic landing during fifth flight test (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The company successfully used the arms of its launch tower to catch the rocket’s booster.

  8. Breitbart News

    Viral Video: In a First, SpaceX 'Catches' Megarocket Booster After Test Flight (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first

  9. WSVN Miami

    SpaceX launches its mega Starship rocket. This time, mechanical arms catches it at landing - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday on its boldest test flight yet, catching the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms.Towering almost 400

  10. Digital Trends

    SpaceX finally succeeds at catching giant rocket booster (opens Digital Trends)

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    Digital Trends's feed description

    SpaceX hit a major milestone as it caught the returning Starship booster with giant metallic arms, while the spacecraft made a targeted splashdown.

  11. Al Jazeera

    SpaceX ‘catches’ giant Starship rocket booster in fifth flight test (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    SpaceX launches enormous rocket on boldest test flight yet, catching returning booster back at pad with mechanical arms.

  12. Washington Times

    WATCH: Mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.

  13. Time

    SpaceX Launches Its Mega Starship Rocket (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms.

  14. Digital Journal

    SpaceX will try to 'catch' giant Starship rocket shortly before landing (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    SpaceX's next test flight of its Starship megarocket this Sunday could mark a world first: catching the returning first-stage booster using the launch

  15. Insider

    SpaceX's Starship completes historic 5th flight test (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    SpaceX achieved its main goal of catching the Super Heavy booster back at the launch site.

  16. ABC 11 Raleigh

    In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster at landing pad (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    SpaceX has launched its enormous Starship rocket on its boldest test flight yet, catching it with mechanical arms back at the pad in Boca Chica, Texas

  17. Engadget

    SpaceX successfully catches Super Heavy booster after launching Starship’s fifth flight (opens Engadget)

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    Engadget's feed description

    Starship launched at around 8:25AM ET from SpaceX's Texas launch site, and the Super Heavy rocket returned minutes later for its successful landing.

  18. Phys

    In a first, Starship megarocket booster caught by SpaceX (opens Phys)

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    Phys's feed description

    SpaceX successfully "caught" the first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket Sunday as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company

  19. FOX 4 Dallas

    ‘What a day’: Mechanical arms catch SpaceX Starship rocket booster in engineering feat (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    SpaceX’s Starship rocket completed its boldest test flight yet with the help of “chopsticks," the monstrous metal arms that caught the rocket booster back at the launch pad.

  20. Deutsche Welle

    SpaceX 'catches' megarocket booster with metal arms – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    A landmark SpaceX flight saw the company use giant metal arms to secure the returning rocket booster following a Starship launch. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described it as a big step "towards making life multiplanetary."

  21. Universe Today

    SpaceX's Mechazilla Catches a Starship Booster on First Try (opens Universe Today)

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    Universe Today's feed description

    For the first time ever, SpaceX has brought back a Starship Super Heavy booster for an on-target catch in the arms of its launch-pad cradle

  22. WHDH Boston

    In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster at landing pad - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    SpaceX launched its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday on its boldest test flight yet, catching the returning booster back at the pad with mechanical arms.Towering almost 400

  23. NPR

    SpaceX rocket booster successfully 'caught' on first attempt during flight test (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    SpaceX conducted its fifth flight test of Starship, its most powerful spacecraft.

  24. Forbes

    See SpaceX ‘Chopsticks’ Catch Rocket After Dramatic Starship Launch (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Everything you need to know about the SpaceX Starship Flight 5, including footage of its catching of the Super Heavy booster.

  25. Hawaiitribune Herald

    SpaceX advances starship program with a launch and a catch (opens Hawaiitribune Herald)

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    Hawaiitribune Herald's feed description

    SpaceX pulled off a feat of technical wizardry Sunday, not only flying a 233-foot rocket booster back to its launch site, but also catching it out of the air with two giant mechanical arms.

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