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SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms.

Elon Musk’s Starship rocket has completed a world first after part of it was captured on its return to the launch pad.

This will be the first time we hope to see the booster return to the launch pad.

This is a prelude to later attempts to land back at the launch pad on future tests.

He noted that the PKK has long had a presence in northern Iraq, “but we are not allowing any armed group to be on Iraqi territory and using it as a launch pad for attacks.”