While the company has pulled off this trick a few times with Super Heavy boosters, it'll be a first for the Ship.
By Cheyenne MacDonald Nov. 14, 2026 3:54 pm EST SpaceX Add Engadget on Google: Google DiscoverSpaceX launched Starship from Texas on Friday for its 15th test flight, in which it set out to achieve some of its most ambitious goals yet. The company planned to demonstrate its first double catch, which would see the Super Heavy V3 booster return to the launch site to be caught by the tower's chopstick arms before the upper stage, or the part known as the Ship, attempted the same landing maneuver a day later. SpaceX has caught and reflown V1 Super Heavy boosters a couple of times so far, but it hasn't yet tried to catch the Ship.
