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SpaceX Starship landing livestream: Watch the catch attempt live

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SpaceX is attempting rocketry history on Saturday, and you can watch it from the comfort of your home.

Elon Musk's spacefaring company launched a test flight of its Starship craft on Friday evening. There were multiple objectives for the mission, including the deployment of Starlink satellites, but two goals stood out above the rest: Guide the rocket booster to a pinpoint landing minutes after launch, and then do the same with the Starship itself a day later after it's done orbiting the Earth. That has never been done before.

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The first goal failed, with the booster ultimately landing in the Gulf of Mexico, but the second objective is being livestreamed on X . According to Space.com , SpaceX will do a final point-of-no-return check at about 2 p.m. ET, where it will decide whether or not to go through with this objective or just splash down in the water. If the company decides to go for it, the landing will happen a couple of hours later, shortly after 4 p.m.…

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