(Headline USA) SpaceX is launching Starship to orbit on Friday in its boldest test yet: a 22-hour flight that aims to recapture the entire rocket in a move meant to accelerate moon and Mars travel.
If all goes well, Elon Musk’s company will perform a double catch with the massive booster returning to its Texas pad six minutes after blasting off and the bullet-shaped spacecraft steering there Saturday. Both will be plucked from midair by mechanical arms secured to the launch tower.
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