SpaceX via X
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history by safely and successfully returning a Starship rocket booster to its launch site after lifting off.
The rocket, named Super Heavy, launched on Sunday morning from SpaceX’s facility in Texas before making its way back toward the launch tower, where giant metal arms called “chopsticks” caught the rocket mid-air to prevent a hard landing.
“A day for the history books,” engineers at Musk’s company said upon Super Heavy’s safe return.
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