{"id":10600,"date":"2026-11-14T22:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10600"},"modified":"2026-11-14T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T22:10:28","slug":"spacex-chopstick-starship-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10600","title":{"rendered":"Watch SpaceX successfully execute the first \u2018chopstick\u2019 catch of Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">After <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/1033704\/spacex-starship-launch-successful-but-a-booster-went-boom-instead-of-sticking-the-landing\">aborting<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/1014913\/spacex-will-try-catching-starship-and-its-booster-for-first-time-musk-says\">planned catch<\/a> of Starship Flight 15\u2019s booster, SpaceX successfully captured Starship with its \u201cMechazilla\u201d launch and catch tower for the first time. The company has performed \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/13\/24269029\/spacex-starship-launch-super-heavy-chopstick-launch-tower-return-fifth-flight-test\">chopstick<\/a>\u2019 catches of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/13\/24269038\/spacexs-chopstick-launch-tower-arms-have-caught-its-super-heavy-booster\">boosters<\/a> before, but this is the first time the maneuver has successfully been executed on the Starship vehicle itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said during the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/1014150\/spacex-q3-2026-earnings\">third-quarter earnings call<\/a> that \u201csuccess is not guaranteed on these first flights, but I\u2019d say it\u2019s more likely than not that this succeeds next flight.\u201d While not a complete success, in that the company was unable to recover the entire launch vehicle, it still stands as a milestone for the Starship program. And, since it has previously caught boosters on previous launches, there is reason to believe the failure today was not an insurmountable obstacle. SpaceX is still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.space.com\/space-exploration\/launches-spacecraft\/spacex-says-starship-flight-15-booster-aborted-chopsticks-landing-catch-after-launch-due-to-guidance-issue-video\">trying to determine<\/a> what caused the booster to abort its landing and detonate over the Gulf of Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">In the video above, you can watch Starship plunge through the clouds, flip vertically, and, with surprising grace, ease itself between the waiting arms of Mechazilla at around 4:20 PM ET.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/1033930\/spacex-chopstick-starship-catch\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After aborting a planned catch of Starship Flight 15\u2019s booster, SpaceX successfully captured Starship with its \u201cMechazilla\u201d launch and catch tower for the first time. The company has performed \u2018chopstick\u2019 catches of its boosters before, but this is the first time the maneuver has successfully been executed on the Starship vehicle itself. SpaceX CEO Elon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[46,169,170,80],"class_list":["post-10600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-news","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch SpaceX successfully execute the first \u2018chopstick\u2019 catch of Starship - Silvybrand Lifestyle Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SpaceX captured Starship using the arms of \u2018Mechazilla\u2019 its launch and catch tower for the first time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=10600\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch SpaceX successfully execute the first \u2018chopstick\u2019 catch of Starship - 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