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SpaceX Successfully Catches Starship Booster with 'Mechazilla' Arms for the First Time

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SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on Sunday, reaching an altitude of 121 meters (400ft). The test flight was considered the boldest yet, with the company aiming to bring the first-stage booster back to land at the pad, which they successfully achieved. This is in contrast to the previous test flight in June, where the rocket completed its flight without exploding, but did not recover the booster. Elon Musk, CEO and founder of SpaceX, described the test as "science fiction without the fiction part." The rocket is considered the largest ever created, with a height of 122 meters (400ft) and a power twice that of the Saturn V rocket used in the Apollo moon landings.

  1. US
    Bill Nelson
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    1. Congratulations to SpaceX on its successful booster catch and fifth Starship flight test today!
  2. US
    SpaceX
    1. Starships are meant to fly. It sure as hell flew today. So let's get ready for the next one.
    2. As we prepare to go back to the Moon under Artemis, continued testing will prepare us for the bold missions that lie ahead -- including to the South Pole region of the moon and then on to Mars.
  3. US
    Kate Tice
    SpaceX
    1. We were not intending to recover any of the ship's hardware, so that was the best ending that we could have hoped for.
  4. US
    Dan Huot
    SpaceX
    1. Even in this day and age, what we just saw is magic.
    2. Ship just gave us one heck of a show, making it through a controlled reentry this time, flaps intact, made it down to the water.
  5. US
    Elon Musk
    SpaceX
    1. Big step towards making life multiplanetary was made today.
    2. Thank you, sir! Looking forward to serving NASA in returning humanity to the Moon.
    3. When the engines land... it's gonna drop the velocity to basically zero and come in between the arms. The arms will be wide, and as it's coming in, the arms will, will close, go flush against the side of the vehicle, and the vehicle will be descending through the arms. The probability is uncertain, but it is above zero.
    4. This is a custom-built tower with arms that are designed to catch the largest flying and heaviest flying object ever made and pluck it outta the air.It'll weigh about 250 tons. We'll make that lighter over time.

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sources

  1. 1.Al Jazeera
  2. 2.CTV News
  3. 3.The Guardian
  4. 4.France 24
  5. 5.Ars Technica
  6. 6.The Times of India
  7. 7.The Times
  8. 8.ABC News (Australia)
  9. 9.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.US under Donald Trump
  2. 2.Aerospace Industry
  3. 3.US space industry
  4. 4.Space Race

countries

  1. 1.AustraliaAU
  2. 2.IndiaIN
  3. 3.MexicoMX

organizations

  1. 1.SpaceXUS
  2. 2.National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUS
  3. 3.US Federal Aviation AuthorityUS
  4. 4.Republican Party
  5. 5.Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  6. 6.Science and Educational Media Group
  7. 7.StarlinkUS
  8. 8.TeslaUS
  9. 9.University of Arizona

persons

  1. 1.Elon MuskUS
  2. 2.Dan HuotUS
  3. 3.Kate TiceUS
  4. 4.Donald TrumpUS
  5. 5.Bill NelsonUS
  6. 6.Michael Whitaker
  7. 7.Eric Gay
  8. 8.Karim Iliya
  9. 9.William GerstenmaierUS

technicals

  1. 1.Starship
  2. 2.Super Heavy
  3. 3.Mars
  4. 4.Mechazilla
  5. 5.Falcon 9
  6. 6.Moon
  7. 7.Boca Chica
  8. 8.Saturn V
  9. 9.Apollo
  10. 10.Artemis
  11. 11.Raptor
  12. 12.Starbase
SpaceX Successfully Catches Starship Booster with 'Mechazilla' Arms for the First Time