Caught

Caught

Credit & Copyright:
SpaceX

Explanation:
What if a rocket could return to its launch tower — and be caught?

This happened for the first time 10 days ago, after a
SpaceX Starship rocket blasted off from its pad in
Boca Chica,
Texas,
USA.

Starship then
split, as planned,
with its upper stage landing in the
Pacific Ocean.

The big difference was the lower stage,
Super Heavy Booster 12, was caught by its launch tower about
7 minutes later.

Catching a rocket for reuse is a new and
innovative way to help reduce the cost of
rocket flight by making rockets more easily reusable.

Starship rockets may be used by
NASA in the
future to send spacecraft to Earth orbit, the
Moon, and even
other planets.