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Space.com[1], CNN[5] and Sky at Night all report the catch on Starship's fifth flight on 13 October 2024; Wikipedia[2][3] times the catch at 12:31:56 UTC that day.On 13 October 2024 SpaceX's Super Heavy Booster 12 flew back to Starbase, Texas and was caught mid-air by the launch tower's chopstick arms, the first time a rocket booster has been recovered that way. It happened on the first attempt, about seven minutes after liftoff.
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