“We’ve got a special boat to catch the fairing… it’s like a giant catcher’s mitt in boat form,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told reporters of the ship following the launch of Falcon Heavy earlier this month.

Nestled among the many freight containers and fishing vessels resides one of the newest members of SpaceX's recovery team: Mr. Steven. Space.com got a look at the boat during testing on Aug. 13, 2018.

Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch of PAZ and two Starlink demonstration satellites. The attempt involved a new addition to the ...