“The next goal is to catch the ship”

Elon: We haven’t done this yet, but we will.

Elon: We hope to demonstrate this later this year, maybe in two or three months. The ship would be placed on the booster, refilled, and flown again. The ship takes longer because it orbits Earth a few times until the ground track returns to the launchpad. It’s intended to be reflown multiple times per day.

[Video during Elon’s Mars 2026 Company Talk shows a render of a Starship gently caught by chopsticks.]