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Sundar Pichai congratulated Elon Musk as SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday. In an incredible feat, Elon Musk-owned SpaceX successfully intercepted the returning booster back of its Starship rocket by using the mechanical arms in its launch pad.

Footage of the Starship rocket booster being caught was shared by Elon Musk on his social media platform X.

“The tower has caught the rocket,” wrote Musk – referring to the first-stage booster flew back to the launch pad where it had blasted off seven minutes earlier.

The launch tower’s monstrous metal arms, dubbed chopsticks, caught the descending 232-foot (71-meter) stainless steel booster and gripped it tightly, dangling it well above the ground.

This marks the first time the company has recovered the rocket booster right on its launch pad rather than landing it on floating ocean platforms. The feat dreww compliments from millions of people – including Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Take a look at Sundar Pichai’s response to Elon Musk’s video:

“Huge congrats, have to admit, rewatched the video many times over, incredible to see!” wrote Google CEO Sundar Pichai in response to Elon Musk’s video.

(With inputs from AP)