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SpaceX built the most powerful rocket in history without landing legs on its upper stage, designing it instead to be caught after re-entry by a pair of giant arms on the launch tower — and Elon Musk now says the first attempt could come within months.

SpaceX built the most powerful rocket in history without landing legs on its upper stage, designing it instead to be caught after re-entry by a pair of giant arms on the launch tower — and Elon Musk now says the first attempt could come within months.

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SpaceX designed its upper stage without landing legs, planning instead to catch it with the launch tower's arms after re-entry, the same method already used to catch a Super Heavy booster. Elon Musk has said the first attempt to catch the upper stage could come within months.

SpaceX has already caught a Super Heavy booster. Catching the re-entering Starship upper stage would test whether its legless design can become a practical reuse system. The post SpaceX built the most powerful rocket in history without landing legs on its upper stage, designing it instead to be caught after re-entry by a pair of giant arms on the launch tower — and Elon Musk now says the first attempt could come within months. appeared first on Space Daily .

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