Update: Friday, May 22, 6:40 p.m. ET: Starship V3 launched from Starbase, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 22. Once in space, the Super Heavy V3 booster successfully separated from the Starship upper stage at 6:33 p.m., though the upper stage lost an engine in the process. The booster splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico at 6:37 p.m. ET. Update: Thursday, May 21, 7:45 p.m. ET: SpaceX stood down from its Thursday evening launch attempt and will try to launch Flight 12 during a window that opens at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 22. The broadcast (provided below) is slated to begin at 5:58 p.m. Alright, we don’t want to jinx it, but it’s looking like SpaceX will finally attempt to launch Starship V3 during the evening of Thursday, May 21. This new iteration of the company’s super-heavy-lift rocket is the biggest, most powerful launch vehicle ever built. A successful maiden voyage could signal the start of a new era for SpaceX—and the spaceflight industry writ large. Late Tuesday evening, SpaceX shared several photos of Starship V3 getting stacked on the launch pad at Starbase, Texas. The company had planned to launch Flight 12 on Tuesday but has bumped the mission back by 24 hours e
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Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man travelled thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see the American West. In 1528, a man from Morocco washed up on the coast of present-day Texas, more…
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Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man travelled thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see the American West. In 1528, a man from Morocco washed up on the coast of…
Read original at BBC →This article was published on May 23, 2026 SpaceX’s Starship V3 deployed mock satellites but lost the Super Heavy booster to an explosion. The $75B IPO is three weeks away. SpaceX launched the 12th test flight of its…
Read original at The Next Web →Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched the largest and most powerful rocket in history after its highly anticipated test flight was delayed. The uncrewed Starship V3 rocket blasted off from Texas just after 17:30 (22:30 GMT)…
Read original at BBC →⢠The 12th test flight of SpaceXâs Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines. ⢅
Read original at CNN →Update: Friday, May 22, 6:40 p.m. ET: Starship V3 launched from Starbase, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 22. Once in space, the Super Heavy V3 booster successfully separated from the Starship upper stage at 6:33…
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Nearly 500 years ago, a Moroccan man travelled thousands of miles from Florida to the Pacific Coast, becoming the first known outsider to see the American West. In 1528, a man from Morocco washed up on the coast of present-day Texas, more…
View source →This article was published on May 23, 2026 SpaceX’s Starship V3 deployed mock satellites but lost the Super Heavy booster to an explosion. The $75B IPO is three weeks away. SpaceX launched the 12th test flight of its Starship rocket on…
View source →Elon Musk's SpaceX has launched the largest and most powerful rocket in history after its highly anticipated test flight was delayed. The uncrewed Starship V3 rocket blasted off from Texas just after 17:30 (22:30 GMT) on Friday, days after…
View source →⢠The 12th test flight of SpaceXâs Starship megarocket came to a dramatic close, with the spacecraft managing to complete a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean despite operating without one of its engines. ⢠The spacecraft â…
View source →Update: Friday, May 22, 6:40 p.m. ET: Starship V3 launched from Starbase, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 22. Once in space, the Super Heavy V3 booster successfully separated from the Starship upper stage at 6:33 p.m., though the…
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