Congratulations Elon Musk. For the first time in human history, a spaceship has been caught by a launch tower.

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SpaceX keeps making history.

• Oct 13, 2024: First booster catch
• Jan 16, 2025: Second booster catch
• Mar 6, 2025: Third booster catch
• Nov 14, 2026: First Starship catch

Congratulations to an incredible team at SpaceX!!! https://t.co/phiZ0amQyp

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2026

• The X post  celebrates SpaceX successfully catching the Starship upper stage mid-air with the launch tower’s mechanical arms, known as Mechazilla chopsticks, marking the first time a spaceship has been recovered this way after orbital flight.
• Video footage shows the stainless steel Starship descending belly-first, rotating upright, and being precisely grabbed by the tower during Flight 15 testing on November 14, 2026, following a booster catch abort earlier.
• This engineering milestone advances Starship’s full reusability goals for rapid turnaround, supporting future Starlink deployments, Moon missions, and Mars transport by reducing reliance on expendable hardware.