# SpaceX’s Starship makes first return to Texas launch tower

https://mins.news/en/item/143927

- Reuters, 2026-11-14 21:50 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/spacexs-starship-aces-first-return-texas-2026-11-14/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6af8d78f6e5c8a0001071729

> SpaceX’s Starship returned on Saturday from its longest orbital flight yet to the Texas launch tower it had departed a day earlier. The flight demonstrated the first key recovery of the rocket system’s central spacecraft in the company’s decade-long effort to build a fully reusable rocket.

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