SpaceX's Starship spacecraft returned from its longest-yet flight in orbit on Saturday to the tower it was launched from on Friday.
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.
NASA welcomed the news. The US space agency is paying billions of dollars for Starship to land Artemis astronauts on the moon later this decade and help build a permanent lunar base.
More to come on this developing news
Source: Deutsche Welle
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