WATCH LIVE: SpaceX next test flight could mark a world first: 'Catch' a giant Starship rocket

SpaceX’s next Starship test this Sunday aims for a world first: catching the returning booster with 'chopstick' arms—a key ...

SpaceX uses ‘chopsticks.’ China uses ‘nets.’ Here’s how these space superpowers design their rocket recovery systems

China is turning into a formidable foe for Elon Musk’s space domination ambitions. China is quickly closing the gap on Elon Musk’s reusable rockets in a way that should worry him more than any single ...
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China recovered its first reusable rocket and showed a new way to do it

Then it gets shot down at 30km. Or the Chinese use an HQ-19 to shoot it down in space. It's the size of a large jetliner and made of steel flying 100+km up and flying a predictable ballistic path. You ...