SpaceX is expected to attempt the first-ever mid-air “tower catch” of the Starship upper stage in the next few months, Elon Musk says. The milestone was previously flagged for late August, but Musk’s update points to a later window.
Both outlets describe the effort as a new and more complex step beyond SpaceX’s earlier work recovering the Super Heavy booster multiple times. The tower catch involves managing the upper stage’s high reentry profile and the engineering challenges of guiding it to a catch mechanism during descent. The Times of India notes that recent data and ongoing work indicate continued progress toward making the attempt, while Space.com focuses on Musk’s stated timing shift from late August to “a few months.”
No specific date for the tower catch is given in the reports, but the consensus is that preparations continue and the attempt is moving to a later timeframe.
