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Comment by dabluecaboose | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]dabluecaboose · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:03 UTC · link
> The Space Shuttle has four parts, namely the Orbiter, the External Tank, and the two SRBs. Only the Orbiter is reusable and actually lands, the rest are jettisoned in flight and burn up in the atmosphere.

Nitpick- the SRBs were also recovered and reused

[−]motionlessveloc · 2026-11-14 Sat 22:04 UTC · link
Right you are, corrected.