SpaceX Makes First Controlled Spacecraft Landing After 22 Hours in Orbit

After 22 hours in orbit around Earth, the spacecraft returned and was caught by mechanical arms.

“Congratulations to an amazing team at SpaceX!!!!” the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, writes on X.

During the 14 orbits the spacecraft completed around Earth, it deployed Starlink satellites.

The booster rocket was also supposed to return, but shortly after Friday’s launch, it exploded and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.