ARCHIVED · 1 LEFT · 1 CENTER · 2 RIGHT · Nov 15, 1:16 AM
Western Journal reaches for "historic" where CBS News stays flat.
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "SpaceX pulls off first Starship recovery from orbit in spectacular fashion". The right frames it as "SpaceX makes history as Starship spacecraft caught by launch tower for first time".
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It was the first recovery of a Starship from orbit, a major milestone for a rocket SpaceX founder Elon Musk says will dramatically lower launch costs.
SpaceX achieved a historic first Saturday as its Mechazilla launch tower caught a returning Starship spacecraft after 22 hours in space, advancing its reusable rocket ambitions.
SpaceX on Friday launched the 15th flight test of its Starship rocket from Starbase in Texas and, on Saturday, successfully caught the upper stage of the launch vehicle.
SpaceX has gone where no one has ever gone before. On Saturday, the 171-foot-tall Starship spacecraft descended after a 22-hour mission into the waiting arms of Mechazilla, a rocket launch...