SpaceX catches Starship's upper stage, putting full reusability in reach
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on November 15, 2026.
Catching the upper stage as well as the booster puts full Starship reusability within reach and widens the gap over rivals still waiting on their next flight.
Legacy media headlines after @SpaceX caught Starship: • CNN: "SpaceX Starship nails historic ship catch in unprecedented test flight" • Fox: "SpaceX makes history as Starship spacecraft caught by launch tower for first time" • CNBC: "SpaceX catches upper stage of Starship https://t.co/cxEzpUJVSU
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CNN, Fox, and CNBC all led with the same word: history. SpaceX's launch tower caught the Starship upper stage, a milestone that moves full rocket reusability from concept to demonstrated reality.
Catching the booster was already a leap. Catching the upper stage as well means both halves of the most powerful launch system ever flown are now candidates for rapid turnaround, the same economics that made Falcon 9 transformative applied to a vehicle built for Mars and heavy-payload missions.
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Sawyer Merritt's post highlighted that legacy outlets across the political spectrum converged on the same framing: unprecedented.
For investors watching the commercial launch market, the gap between SpaceX and rivals who have yet to reach comparable test milestones just widened again. Full reusability at this scale reshapes the cost curve for every payload category from satellites to crewed missions.