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Space & Cosmos

For the first time, Starship’s mega rocket booster gets caught in SpaceX’s “chopstick”

This still image taken from a SpaceX broadcast shows Starship’s superheavy booster being “caught” mid-air on its way back to its launch pad near Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX on Sunday successfully “captured” the first stage booster of its Starship megarocket as it returned to the launch pad after a test flight, a world first in the company’s quest for rapid…