After circling Earth 14 times, Starship came back to Texas on Saturday and descended into two giant mechanical arms.

SpaceX caught Starship with its launch tower for the first time after an orbital flight, a major step toward the company’s goal of making the entire rocket reusable.

Starship returned to Starbase roughly 22 hours after Friday’s launch. During the flight, it deployed 26 Starlink satellites before heading home to meet the tower’s massive “chopsticks.”

The catch wasn’t a clean sweep for Flight 15. SpaceX had hoped to recover the Super Heavy booster too, but its return was aborted after a burn ended early. The company said preliminary indications pointed to a low-fuel warning. The booster diverted offshore and was destroyed; engineers are investigating the cause.

SpaceX had caught boosters before, but this was the first time it caught Starship itself after orbit. NASA plans to use a version of the spacecraft to carry astronauts to the lunar surface.

Watch the catch

Video: SpaceX.