SpaceX carries out first-ever spaceship capture

The successful recovery of the SpaceX Starship marks the first recovery of a spaceship.

SpaceX'sStarship spacecraft returned from its longest-yet flight in orbit on Saturday to the tower it was launched from a day prior.

It was the first key recovery of the rocket system's centerpiece vessel in the company's decadelong effort to develop a fully reusable rocket.

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