SpaceX successfully carries out first-ever spaceship catch
Verified: 2 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 14.
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft on Saturday returned from its longest flight in orbit yet to the Texas launch tower it was launched from a day prior, showing the first key recovery of the rocket system’s centrepiece vessel in the company’s decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket. The towering two-stage rocket’s Super Heavy booster – the rocket’s bottom half – carried Starship to space on Friday, lifting off from SpaceX’s Starbase, Texas, facilities. That booster had failed to...
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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- Nov 14, 9:49 PM UTCFirst reportSpaceX carries out first-ever spaceship capturedw.com ↗
- Nov 14, 9:50 PM UTC+1 min· you’re reading thisSpaceX successfully carries out first-ever spaceship catchscmp.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 9:50 PM UTC · +1 min
[Claude] Report 2 covers the same SpaceX Starship spaceship catch/recovery as Report 1, and the two do not conflict.
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