SPACEX STICKS THE LANDING—BUT NOT THE WHOLE FLIGHT
last thursday, spacex pulled off a huge win by catching its super heavy booster with the launch tower—a move that looked straight out of sci-fi. but the starship upper stage? not so lucky. it broke apart mid-flight, cutting the mission short. spacex is digging through the data to figure out what went wrong. still, that booster catch was a big step toward making starship fully reusable.