SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says
SpaceX aims for rapid reuse of Starship's upper stage by attempting a tower catch, a critical step following the vehicle's successful reentry and intact splashdown on Flight 13.
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SpaceX will try for 1st Starship tower catch 'in a few months,' Elon Musk says
We'll have to wait a bit longer for a highly anticipated Starship milestone, it appears.On Aug. 4, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said the company aimed to attempt the first-ever catch of Starship's upper stage on the vehicle's next test flight, which is tentatively targeted for late August.But that doesn't seem to be in the cards anymore. "Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a few months," Musk said early this morning…
Elon Musk gives a timeline for SpaceX’s first Starship catch attempt
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced today that the company will likely attempt to catch the Starship upper stage with its launch tower arms “in a few months.” In a post on X, Musk wrote, “Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a few months. If there had been a tower out to sea where we practiced landing the ship, it would have been caught.” He added that the first reflight of a Starship vehicle is expected by the end of 2026 or …
SpaceX chief Elon Musk said the company will likely try to catch Starship's upper stage with maintenance tower manipulators within a few months.
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