Although booster exploded, company caught upper stage for first time in campaign to make megarocket reusable
SpaceX’s megarocket Starship returned to its Texas launch tower on Saturday, a milestone in the company’s efforts to make the craft suitable for human spaceflight.
The 171ft (52-meter) bullet-shaped upper stage descended into the clutch of the tower’s mechanical arms, ending a 22hr mission where the craft orbited Earth 14 times.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/14/spacex-starship-double-catch