SpaceX just caught the giant first-stage booster of its Starship megarocket — and it plans to do the same with the vehicle's upper stage soon.

The success is a giant leap toward the company's goal to take humans and cargo all the way to Mars on the world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle

SpaceX has pulled off an unbelievable feat by successfully performing the first Starship booster catch. Here's why that matters.