Before the ship loss, the company successfully demonstrated how its massive mechanical arms dubbed “chopsticks” caught the rocket booster at the launch pad for the second time ever.

SpaceX Loses Spacecraft After Catching Rocket Booster at the Launch Pad in Latest Starship Test SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight Thursday, but the spacecraft was ...

The descending booster hovered over the launch pad before being gripped by a pair of mechanical arms dubbed chopsticks. The 400-foot (123-meter) rocket thundered away in late afternoon from Boca ...