SpaceX Catches Giant Starship Booster With Mechanical Arms

4, 3, 2, 1, we have liftoff. Vehicle is pitching downrange. Booster, Raptor ship, compressor nominal. 30 seconds into the flight, the rumble is just starting to reach us here at launch control. Booster and ship, avionics power, telemetry nominal. That is the sound of 33 Raptor engines. One of the most gorgeous things I've ever seen in my entire life. Coming up on hot staging next. There's those engines cut off. Stage separation. Stage separation, hot stage separation confirmed. Ship under its own power. I'm seeing 6 out of 6 Raptors lit. Hopefully I got a booster on the way back to me. I'm going to send it to you guys in Hawthorne. Oh, we can see it coming down through the plume. Coming in hot for booster touch. See how fast this vehicle is moving on the left hand. We're now down to 3 Raptor engines. We can see those chopsticks now in the air. We're losing our stuff over here. Guys, I'm sorry. Even at this day and age, what we just saw, that looked like magic. Oh, wow. Wow. This is a day.