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Space Pincers. For the First Time in History, SpaceX Was Able to Catch Its Starship Spacecraft with Mechanical Manipulators

The spacecraft deployed 26 Starlink satellites before a booster failure ended SpaceX’s planned double catch.

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Space PincersFor the first time in history, SpaceX was able to catch its Starship spacecraft with mechanical manipulators. Previously, only the first stage of the Super Heavy booster rocket could be returned in this way. Initially, the mission was...

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Elon Musk's SpaceX space company made a historic achievement this weekend, when it was the first to successfully catch the Starship spacecraft in the air after returning from a space flight. The spacecraft, which had orbited the Earth for more than 22 hours, returned to the launch site in Texas, where two huge metal arms were waiting for it, which managed to catch it in the air, without landing on the ground. The unusual event occurred on Saturd…

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For the first time in history, a SpaceX Starship rocket landed after being captured by the robotic arms of the Mechazilla launch tower. The Associated Press emphasizes this as a breakthrough in the development of the Starship system, which is crucial for future journeys to the Moon and Mars.

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NZ Herald broke the news in Auckland, New Zealand on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
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