SpaceX Falls Short of Historic Double Starship Catch
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SpaceX's 15th Starship test flight successfully reached orbit Friday, but its historic attempt to catch both stages at the launch tower was derailed when the Super Heavy booster malfunctioned, forcing controllers to abort its return before it exploded after splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico. The upper-stage Starship did, however, successfully deploy 26 Starlink satellites and is scheduled to complete 15 orbits before attempting an unprecedented tower catch on Saturday. If successful, it would mark the first time a spacecraft has returned from orbit to land vertically at a launch tower. The
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