SpaceX’s 71m Super Heavy booster, with 33 Raptor engines producing 16.7M lbs of thrust, is designed to be caught mid-air by the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms. This eliminates landing legs, enabling rapid reuse and faster turnaround. The first catch attempt was in 2024, aiming to revolutionize spaceflight. #SpaceX #SuperHeavy #Starship #RocketCatch #RapidReuse #ElonMusk #Spaceflight | Space News

416K views · 4.6K reactions | The final phase of Super Heavy's landing burn used the three center Raptor engines to precisely steer into catch position. Credit: SpaceX | Hashem Al-Ghaili | Facebook

275K views · 8.8K reactions | The Super Heavy is powered by 33 Raptor engines, with the inner 13 equipped with gimbal actuators for precise control during boostback and landing burns. Only three center engines are used in the final landing phase to steer the booster into the catch position, showcasing advanced thrust vectoring. The engines use sub-cooled liquid methane and oxygen, optimized for reusability and Mars missions #SpaceX #starship #superheavy | Space News | Facebook

161K views · 3.1K reactions | Starship’s Raptor engines ignite during hot-staging separation. Super Heavy is boosting back towards its splashdown site and preparing for its landing burn experiment | SpaceX | Facebook