In an engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

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SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.

Towering almost 400 feet (121 meters), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border.

Cameras on a buoy in the Indian Ocean showed flames shooting up from the water as the booster impacted precisely at the targeted spot.

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Author / Journalist: MARCIA DUNN / AP Aerospace Writer

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