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     • During this flight, the SpaceX team attempted something that had never been done before. Unlike in previous flights, when the booster falls away, it slowed itself down and descended gently back toward the launchpad for a pair of giant mechanical arms to catch it – in what’s known as the "chopsticks manoeuvre".
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   How did SpaceX recover a starship booster?

   • SpaceX on Sunday launched its fifth Starship test flight from Texas and returned the rocket's towering first-stage booster back to land for the first time, achieving a novel recovery method involving large metal arms.

   Launch tower's 'chopsticks' catch descending rocket booster as SpaceX

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   Can SpaceX reuse a starship?

   • SpaceX envisions rapid reuse of the entire Starship vehicle, which includes an upper stage (also called Starship) and a Super Heavy booster — but that means proving out the capability to recover both stages and quickly refurbish them for future flights.

   SpaceX successfully catches returning Starship booster

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   Will SpaceX recover the booster stage?

   • But there is an important new wrinkle: SpaceX will try to recover the booster stage. The company has been doing something similar with its Falcon 9 rocket for years, landing the first stage on the ground near the launch site or on a barge in the ocean. The Super Heavy booster for Starship, however, is much bigger.

   Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing

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   Will SpaceX relaunch starships?

   • SpaceX now does that routinely, but the boosters still have to be brought back to the launch site. Mr. Musk envisions that Starships will be able to fly much more often, so SpaceX built a tower with mechanical arms nicknamed chopsticks. SpaceX also plans to use those arms to catch Starships when they return from orbit.

   Highlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing

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   How did SpaceX catch the Super Heavy booster?

   • SpaceX caught the Super Heavy booster under the criteria that “thousands of distinct vehicle and pad criteria are met,” according to the company’s website, which required “healthy systems on the booster and tower and a manual command from the mission’s Flight Director.”

   Starship flight 5: SpaceX achieves ‘chopstick’ landing | CNN

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   Will SpaceX recover upper spacecraft?

   • SpaceX does not expect to recover the upper spacecraft. The goal for each milestone is to hash out how SpaceX might one day recover and rapidly refly Super Heavy boosters and Starship spacecraft for future missions.

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3. www.space.com › spacex-starship-flight-5-launchSpaceX catches giant Starship booster with 'Chopsticks' on ...

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   Oct 13, 2024 · The mission aimed to break new ground for Starship, and for spaceflight in general: SpaceX planned to return Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, directly to its...

4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › videosWatch: SpaceX Starship booster caught in mid air - BBC News

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   Oct 13, 2024 · Unlike in previous flights, when the booster falls away, it slowed itself down and descended gently back toward the launchpad for a pair of giant mechanical arms to catch it – in what’s known as...

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5. techcrunch.com › 2024/10/13 › spacex-will-attemptSpaceX successfully catches returning Starship booster

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   Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX envisions rapid reuse of the entire Starship vehicle, which includes an upper stage (also called Starship) and a Super Heavy booster — but that means proving out the capability to...

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7. www.cbc.ca › news › scienceLaunch tower's 'chopsticks' catch descending rocket booster ...

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   Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX has been recovering the first-stage boosters of its smaller Falcon 9 rockets for nine years, after delivering satellites and crews to orbit from Florida or California. But they...

8. www.bbc.co.uk › news › liveSpaceX catches Starship rocket booster for first time ever as ...

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   Oct 13, 2024 · Cheers and screams erupt in SpaceX's control room as Starship's fifth test succeeds . For the first time, Elon Musk's company has caught the Super Heavy booster - which sits at the bottom of the ...

9. www.nytimes.com › science › spacex-starship-launchHighlights From SpaceX’s Starship Launch and Landing

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   Oct 13, 2024 · The main new wrinkle for this flight is that SpaceX will try to recover the booster stage, the Super Heavy, which has either splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico or exploded after earlier...

10. www.cnn.com › 2024/10/13 › scienceStarship flight 5: SpaceX achieves ‘chopstick’ landing | CNN

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    Oct 13, 2024 · SpaceX pushed its testing even further by retrieving the Super Heavy booster post-launch. Ultimately, SpaceX plans to recover and reuse both the Super Heavy and the Starship spacecraft.