# Here’s how SpaceX plans to catch its latest spaceship with ‘chopsticks’

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3 outlets covering · First listed: CNN, Nov 13, 2026, 7:00 AM · Read it: <https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNTkIyYVA0WlQxU2FOQkMzVDdTWUJSSlItZGk5SDNTRm5lNVd6UE1RVllHdm5RQXhxY00tWHdhU0dpMFR1X2ZGcFRsSU1DdkMwQS1QSXJDMTZxbnBBYTVfZkR4dFlaVFpBX3liS2lES3Njc004RVh1TldoRU5zdllOUExWMEQ1Zy14RUhFRUJiY1k?oc=5>

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 4:11 AM: [SpaceX Starship test to attempt first-ever spaceship 'catch'](<https://phys.org/news/2026-11-spacex-starship-spaceship.html>) — Phys.org (Science news)
  Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powerful rocket, the Starship, with plans for a groundbreaking "catch" of the spaceship following a day in orbit.
- Nov 13, 2026, 7:00 AM: [Here’s how SpaceX plans to catch its latest spaceship with ‘chopsticks’](<https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNTkIyYVA0WlQxU2FOQkMzVDdTWUJSSlItZGk5SDNTRm5lNVd6UE1RVllHdm5RQXhxY00tWHdhU0dpMFR1X2ZGcFRsSU1DdkMwQS1QSXJDMTZxbnBBYTVfZkR4dFlaVFpBX3liS2lES3Njc004RVh1TldoRU5zdllOUExWMEQ1Zy14RUhFRUJiY1k?oc=5>) — CNN (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
- Nov 13, 2026, 12:45 PM: [Can SpaceX catch its Starship?](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-spacex-catch-its-starship/>) — Scientific American (Magazine, United States)
  The 15th spaceflight of SpaceX’s giant launch vehicle aims for something unprecedented: snatching both rocket stages from midair after a journey to orbit