SpaceX carries out first-ever spaceship capture
SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft completed its longest‑ever orbital flight on Saturday and then returned to the launch tower from which it had lifted off the previous Friday. The maneuver marked the first successful capture of the vehicle that forms the centerpiece of the Starship system, a milestone in SpaceX’s decade‑long programme to create a fully reusable launch rocket.
Company officials said the recovery demonstrated progress toward re‑using both stages of the system and highlighted the importance of the tower‑based capture technique for future missions. No injuries were reported, and the spacecraft was secured for post‑flight analysis and refurbishment before its next test flight.
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स्पेसएक्सले पहिलोपटक अन्तरिक्षयान पकड्यो
स्पेसएक्सको स्टारशिप अन्तरिक्षयानले शनिबार आफ्नो सबैभन्दा लामो कक्षा उडान पूरा गर्यो र त्यसपछि अघिल्लो शुक्रबार जसबाट उडान भरेको थियो, त्यही प्रक्षेपण टावरमा फर्कियो। यो चालले स्टारशिप प्रणालीको केन्द्रबिन्दु बनेको यानको पहिलो सफल पकडको चिन्ह देखायो, जुन स्पेसएक्सको दशकौंको कार्यक्रममा पूर्ण रूपमा पुनः प्रयोगयोग्य प्रक्षेपण रकेट बनाउने एक माइलस्टोन हो। कम्पनीका अधिकारीहरूले भने कि यो पुनर्प्राप्नले प्रणालीका दुवै चरणहरू पुनः प्रयोग गर्ने दिशातर्फको प्रगति देखाएको छ र भविष्यका मिशनहरूका लागि टावर-आधारित पकडको प्रविधिको महत्त्व उजागर गरेको छ। कुनै चोटपटकको खबर आएको छैन, र अन्तरिक्षयानलाई अर्को परीक्षण उडानको अघि उडानपछिको विश्लेषण र पुनर्निर्माणका लागि सुरक्षित गरिएको छ।
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