Musk's probability call on catching both stages with the tower, and what it means for rapid reusability.

The next Starship test flight targets a first for orbital launch: catching both the Super Heavy booster and Ship upper stage with the launch tower's chopstick arms.

Musk says the launch tower will try to grab the returning booster, aiming to make history by recovering an entire orbital launch vehicle for the first time.

Ship 40's intact splashdown gives SpaceX a rare chance to study flown hardware and could shape the next launch and the first upper-stage catch attempt.