SpaceX catches part of its Starship rocket in historic first

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Crowds outside the Texas Starbase erupted into cheers as the mechanical arms closed around the spaceship for the first time, a moment SpaceX said "changed everything."

The upper part of SpaceX's Starship rocket returned to Earth on Saturday, where it was caught between two mechanical "chopstick" arms in what marked the first-ever "catch" of a spaceship.Starship had lifted off from Starbase in Texas on Friday before orbiting Earth 14 times as it deployed 26 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet constellation.After a 22-hour journey, the spacecraft approached Texas' east coast, with its three Raptor engines roaring into life as it broke through the clouds and began its descent back to the launchpad."Mechazilla catches Starship!

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