尽管助推器爆炸，但公司首次成功捕获了上级火箭，这是让这枚超大型火箭实现可重复使用的关键一步。
SpaceX的超大型火箭“星舰”周六返回了得克萨斯州的发射塔，这是该公司让该飞船适合载人航天飞行努力中的一个里程碑。
Although booster exploded, company caught upper stage for first time in campaign to make megarocket reusable SpaceX’s megarocket Starship returned to its Texas launch tower on Saturday, a milestone in the company’s efforts to make the craft suitable for human spaceflight.
这枚高171英尺（52米）、子弹形状的上级火箭降落进发射塔机械臂的夹持中，结束了为期22小时、绕地球飞行14圈的任务。
The 171ft (52-meter) bullet-shaped upper stage descended into the clutch of the tower’s mechanical arms, ending a 22hr mission where the craft orbited Earth 14 times.