Elon Musk provides update on first-ever SpaceX Starship upper stage tower catch

Elon Musk has shared an update on SpaceX’s first-ever attempt to catch the Starship upper stage mid-air, saying that this will be done “in a few months” time. It means that space exploration enthusiasts will need to wait slightly longer to witness the historic event, which was previously slated for late August. The founder initially indicated on August 4 that the aerospace firm planned to try catching the upper spacecraft on its upcoming test mission.“Looks like we will probably catch the ship with the tower in a few months. If there had been a tower out to sea where we practiced landing the ship, it would have been caught,” Musk said in a post on X, adding, “First reflight of the ship will be either end of this year or early next.