SpaceX's Giant Rocket Test
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•SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms
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SpaceX's Super Heavy-Starship rocket is the largest, most powerful rocket in the world.
The 397-foot -tall rocket blasted off from Boca Chica , Texas , at 8:25 a.m. EDT on Sunday .
The rocket's first stage landed safely at the launch pad, then used giant "mechazilla" mechanical arms on the pad gantry to pluck the first stage out of the sky.
The Starship upper stage, meanwhile, looped around the planet and re-entered the atmosphere as planned.
SpaceX is under contract with NASA to supply a modified Starship to carry astronauts to landings near the moon 's south pole.
SpaceX engineers "spent years preparing and months testing for the booster catch attempt," company says.
Multiple flights will be needed to perfect the system and demonstrate the reliability required.
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