Elon Musk's SpaceX made history Saturday after its Starship spacecraft returned from orbit and was caught by giant mechanical arms at the company's Texas launch facility for the first time.
The milestone came roughly 22 hours after Starship launched Friday from SpaceX's Starbase facility, although the company fell short of its goal of recovering both stages of the rocket after its Super Heavy booster exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.
The catch marks a major step toward SpaceX's goal of developing a fully reusable rocket system to reduce launch costs and support more frequent space missions.
NASA UNVEILS $10B MOON BASE CONTRACT AS SPACEX, BLUE…
Read the full article at FOXBUSINESS.COM
