SpaceX has "grabbed" the upper stage of the Starship spacecraft during landing for the first time.
The 52-meter-long second stage, representing the starship spacecraft itself returning from orbit, was successfully captured by the launch tower's mechanical "arms" and landed at the site in Texas. Before that, the ship made 15 orbits around the Earth for almost 22 hours and launched 26 new Starlink satellites into orbit. Usually the second stage is splashed into the sea and not reused.
A day earlier, SpaceX failed to "capture" the first (lower) stage of the ship - the 72-meter long super-heavy rocket. It exploded over the Gulf of Mexico and fell into the sea. This flight was the first in which SpaceX attempted to return both stages to Earth for subsequent reuse. During three previous test launches, Super Heavy could be "caught".