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SpaceX’s Starship test completes with a remarkable ‘chopstick’ booster catch

SpaceX launches its fifth flight test of Starship.

The company succeeded in returning the Starship Super Heavy booster to its landing pad, where it was “caught” using arms on the launch tower that SpaceX refers to as the “chopsticks.” The catch was a first for the booster, which the company hadn’t returned without incident before its previous flight test in June. It had originally expected to clear the fifth Starship test in November, but the FAA and its partner agencies reportedly carried out their assessments faster than anticipated.

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