SpaceX to attempt double catch of huge Starship rocket
According to BBC, Elon Musk's company SpaceX aborted its attempt to catch the bottom part of its huge Starship rocket during its latest test flight. The company had aimed to use mechanical arms on the launch tower to grab the Super Heavy booster as it returned to Earth, but it was instead diverted to the ocean, bursting into flames as it came down. The upper stage of the rocket continued its journey to space to deploy 26 Starlink satellites, with SpaceX to decide later whether to attempt a catch of this stage. The 124m-tall rocket blasted off on Friday from the Starbase launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas.