# SpaceX Starship returns from orbit to launch tower in company milestone

https://mins.news/en/item/143952

- The Guardian, 2026-11-14 22:35 UTC
- Tech
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/14/spacex-starship-double-catch

> SpaceX’s Starship upper stage settled into the Texas launch tower’s mechanical arms after a 22-hour mission and 14 orbits of Earth, marking the company’s first successful catch of that stage. The booster, however, veered off course minutes after launch and exploded in the Gulf of Mexico.

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