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SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster for first time ever as it returns to Earth after launch
Full steam forward at Area X, after one other file dayrevealed at 15:48 British Summer season Time
Esme Stallard
Science reporter
Picture supply, ReutersFolks collect to look at the launch of SpaceX’s Starship
It was one other file breaking day for the workforce at SpaceX.
Its engineers achieved one thing by no means completed earlier than.
Slightly than have the booster land within the ocean, as is typical, SpaceX managed to gradual it from speeds in extra of 17,000 mph (27,350 km/h), information it gently again to the launchpad and catch it in a pair of large mechanical arms.
This isn’t solely a step ahead for the corporate however for the sphere of area exploration. Having the ability to seize the booster, and subsequently reuse it, has the potential to considerably decrease the price of future journeys.
It is full steam forward at SpaceX.
We’re ending our stay protection now. For extra, learn our principal story on the history-making SpaceX flight.
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