For the first time in history, SpaceX was able to capture the starship on the launch pad during the completion of a test flight after returning from orbit.
During the day, the starship circled the Earth 14 times, also sent new Starlink satellites into orbit and returned to the launch site - the Starbase space port in Texas.
Previously, such a landing could only be accomplished with the super heavy booster, the first stage of the rocket.
This is a big step towards creating a fully reusable space system - before that, SpaceX had already managed to catch super heavy boosters, but the starship itself was returned this way after an orbital flight for the first time.
In the future, such technology should reduce the cost of space launches and help implement NASA programs.