Making sure this works

SpaceX catches Starship rocket booster for first time ever as it returns to Earth after launch

by | Oct 13, 2024 | Aviation / Aerospace blog

Making sure this works properly

Making sure this works

  • 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 two-stage vehicle – as it returns to the launchpad in Texas
  • It marks a huge milestone in the history of space exploration, bringing SpaceX closer to its goal of achieving rapid reusability

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Space X

‘Big step towards making life multi-planetary was made today’

Elon Musk and SpaceX have grand designs that the Starship rocket system will one day take humans to the Moon, and then on to Mars, before returning to Earth.

Posting on X, Musk now writes: “Big step towards making life multi-planetary was made today,” referencing an interview he gave to the Wall Street Journal in 2011.