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SpaceX Starship booster catch

Moment · 2024 · Niche

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SpaceX caught its Super Heavy booster on the first tower-catch attempt.

SpaceX

@SpaceX · Oct 12, 2024

Watch Starship's Fifth flight test x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

11.3K1.3K
Original · SpaceX
Clip · Guardian News on YouTube

NSF - NASASpaceflight.com

@NASASpaceflight · Oct 13, 2024

"Good, our first catch of the day!" OMG!

19.1K263
Post · @NASASpaceflight on X
Clip · Scott Manley on YouTube
Clip · The Wall Street Journal on YouTube

Elon Musk

@elonmusk · Oct 13, 2024

The tower has caught the rocket!! https://t.co/CPXsHJBdUh

1.1M44.3K
Post · @elonmusk on X

Rocket Factory Augsburg

@rfa_space · Oct 14, 2024

Congratulations to @SpaceX, what an incredible feat of engineering! Mars, here we come. At the same time, the coin has a second side: it shows and confirms that #Europe has completely lost touch. Can it still catch up? No chance. At least not the way things are going at the

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Post · @rfa_space on X

Massimo

@Rainmaker1973 · Oct 13, 2024

And this is MAKING HISTORY. It worked at the first test!

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Post · @Rainmaker1973 on X

Ben Nowack ☀️🌎🪞

@bennbuilds · Oct 13, 2024

WoW WOW WOW

7.8K57
Post · @bennbuilds on X

anand mahindra

@anandmahindra · Oct 13, 2024

And this Sunday, I’m happy to be a couch potato, if it means that I get to watch history being made. This experiment may just be the critical moment when space travel was democratised and made routine. Where can I buy my ticket, @elonmusk ? 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 https://t.co/yruGSwL2Y4

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Post · @anandmahindra on X

Elon Musk

@elonmusk · Oct 14, 2024

Even rockets need hugs 🥰

520.5K11.4K
Post · @elonmusk on X

Blue Origin

@blueorigin · Oct 13, 2024

Congratulations!

14.4K302
Post · @blueorigin on X

Stoke Space

@stoke_space · Oct 13, 2024

Congratulations!

3.7K26
Post · @stoke_space on X

SpaceX

@SpaceX · Oct 13, 2024

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!

244.6K11.3K
Post · @SpaceX on X

SpaceX

@SpaceX · Oct 14, 2024

Super Heavy landing burn and catch

19.1K415
Post · @SpaceX on X
The booster returning to the tower during Starship flight test 5 .
Steve Jurvetson / CC BY 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Starship's Fifth Flight Test
SpaceX on X
Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster!
@SpaceX on X
Congratulations to @SpaceX, what an incredible feat of engineering! Mars, here we come. At the same time, the coin has a second side: it shows and confirms that #Europe has completely lost touch.…
@rfa_space on X
Congratulations to @SpaceX, what an incredible feat of engineering! Mars, here we come. At the same time, the coin has a second side: it shows and confirms that #Europe has completely lost touch.…
@rfa_space on X
Congratulations to @SpaceX, what an incredible feat of engineering! Mars, here we come. At the same time, the coin has a second side: it shows and confirms that #Europe has completely lost touch.…
@rfa_space on X
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CNN
Even rockets need hugs 🥰
@elonmusk on X
Even rockets need hugs 🥰
@elonmusk on X

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Musk catch quote-post impressions on X (rounded live counter)
144.8M
As of Oct 23, 2026 · X · Self-reported · Elon Musk on X
Observed peak date
Week of Oct 17, 2024
Oct 13 ’24 to Week of Oct 17, 2024
Platforms
6
Started on X
Origin
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Technology

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  • Creator relay
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  • Platform jump
  • Political adoption

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SpaceX broadcast its first Super Heavy tower catch. Reactions and explainers followed on X and YouTube. The flight article's October seven-day pageview maximum ended October 17; GIFs and political retellings followed.

Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

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Timeline (16)

  1. October 2024

    Federal Aviation Administration precursor · Oct 12 ’24

    The FAA licensed a test flight that would attempt to catch Super Heavy with the launch tower.[1]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. SpaceX seed · Oct 13 ’24

    SpaceX broadcast the first Super Heavy tower catch during Starship's fifth flight test.[2][3]

    Starship's Fifth Flight Test

  3. NASASpaceflight (@NASASpaceflight) platform jump · Oct 13 ’24

    NASASpaceflight posted catch footage with its live commentary and the caption "OMG!" at 12:33 UTC.[4]

  1. owner response · Oct 13 ’24

  2. owner response · Oct 13 ’24

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Musk catch quote-post impressions on X (rounded live counter)
144.8M
As of Oct 23, 2026 · X · Self-reported · Elon Musk on X
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