Musk’s SpaceX fails to catch Starship booster as Trump attends launch

Marcia Dunn

Nov 20, 2024 – 10.00am

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SpaceX on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) launched another Starship rocket, but passed up catching the booster with giant mechanical arms.

US President-elect Donald Trump flew in for the launch, in the latest sign of a deepening bond between him and Elon Musk, SpaceX’s founder and CEO.

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