Trump watches on as SpaceX calls off catch attempt as booster splashes down to Earth
Just weeks after SpaceX stunned audiences with a precision landing of a giant rocket booster, the company has kicked off another test flight of the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.
SpaceX again planned an attempt to steer the booster back into the mechanical arms — or "chopsticks"— of a launch tower, but did not meet the required criteria and has abandoned today's attempt of the booster catch.
The nearly 121-metre Starship system took flight on November 19 from the company's Starbase facility near Brownsville, Texas.
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk at the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket in Boca Chica, Texas. (AP)
The two-stage megarocket — which features the Starship spacecraft stacked atop the Super Heav...