Seven minutes later, Starship's huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, returned to Starbase for a dramatic catch by the launch tower's "chopstick ... updates on rocket launches ...

The rocket, which took off from Texas near the city of Brownsville, exploded, but SpaceX was able to capture the booster from the Starship as it landed back at the launch tower. The booster of ...

The more than 400-foot rocket, powered by 33 Raptor engines ... successfully executed a controlled descent back to the launch tower, where it was caught by the launch tower's giant robotic ...